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The Jewish comedy catalog / Darryl Lyman.

Text

Middle Village, N.Y. : Jonathan David Publishers, 1989.

1989

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FormatTextCall number*PWR 89-28066Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111
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Let there be laughter! : Jewish humor in America / Esther Romeyn and Jack Kugelmass, curators.

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Chicago : Spertus Museum, c1997.

1997

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FormatTextCall number*PSK 97-1007Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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ha-Badḥan / Arielah Ḳrasni.

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Ramat-Gan [Israel] : Universiṭat Bar-Ilan, 1998.

1998

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FormatTextCall number*PSH 99-868Item locationOffsite
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George Burns : [interview].

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[New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1974]

1974

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FormatTextCall number**P (Oral Histories, Box 9 no. 3)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Norm Crosby : [interview].

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[New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1985]

1985

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FormatTextCall number**P (Oral Histories, Box 15 no. 5)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Jack Gilford : [interview].

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[New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1978]

1978

1 item

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FormatTextCall number**P (Oral Histories, Box 26 no. 4)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Milton Berle : [interview].

Text

[New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1977]

1977

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FormatTextCall number**P (Oral Histories, Box 6 no. 5)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Morey Amsterdam : [interview].

Text

[New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1985]

1985

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FormatTextCall number**P (Oral Histories, Box 3 no. 2)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Jackie Mason : [interview].

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[New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1991]

1991

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FormatTextCall number**P (Oral Histories, Box 93 no. 6)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Alan King : [interview].

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[New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1991]

1991

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FormatTextCall number**P (Oral Histories, Box 92 no. 7)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Saveliĭ Kramarov : sudʹba strannika / V. Strongin.

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Moskva : ︠T︡Sentrpoligraf, 1999.

1999

1 item

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FormatTextCall number*QEB 00-2359Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Ed Wynn : [interview].

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[New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1960]

1960

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FormatTextCall number**P (Oral Histories, Box 337 no. 4)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Red Buttons : [interview].

Text

[New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1986]

1986

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Joey Bishop : [interview].

Text

[New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1986].

1986

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Jack Benny : [interview].

Audio

[New York : American Jewish Committee, 1970]

1970

1 item

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FormatAudioCall number**P (Oral Histories. Audiocassettes)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Danny Kaye : [interview].

Audio

[New York : American Jewish Committee, 1974]

1974

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FormatAudioCall number**P (Oral Histories. Audiocassettes)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Groucho Marx : [interview].

Audio

[New York : American Jewish Committee, 1971]

1971

1 item

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FormatAudioCall number**P (Oral Histories. Audiocassettes)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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George Burns and Harry Ruby : [interview].

Audio

[New York : American Jewish Committee, 1971]

1971

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FormatAudioCall number**P (Oral Histories. Audiocassettes)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Jewish jesters : a study in American popular comedy / Arthur Asa Berger.

Text

Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, c2001.

2001

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FormatTextCall numberMWED 02-5880Item locationOffsite
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FormatTextCall number*PSW 01-6229Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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The haunted smile : the story of Jewish comedians in America / Lawrence J. Epstein.

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New York : Public Affairs, c2001.

2001

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FormatTextCall number*PZB 01-6854Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Gravity fails : the comic Jewish shaping of modern America / James D. Bloom.

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Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

2003

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FormatTextCall number*PZB 03-3345Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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The haunted smile : the story of Jewish comedians / Lawrence J. Epstein.

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Oxford : PublicAffairs, 2002.

2002

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FormatTextCall number*PWR 03-4642Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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The new super Jews : [edgy young tastemakers are forging a hip new Jewish identity] / by Joanna Smith Rakoff ... [et al.].

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[New York : Time Out New York Partners, 2003]

2003

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FormatTextCall numberJAX H-6037Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Smith and Dale papers, 1903-1981.

Mixed material

1903-1981

3 items

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FormatMixed materialCall number*T-Mss 1981-015 Box 3Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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45 seconds from Broadway / Neil Simon : programs

Text

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FormatTextCall number*T-PRG (45 seconds from Broadway (Simon))Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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The world according to me! [sound recording] / Jackie Mason.

Audio

Burbank, Calif. : Warner Bros. Records, p1987.

1987

1 item

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FormatAudioCall number*LSRX 21954 [Disc]Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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More old Jewish comedians / by Drew Friedman ; [foreword by Larry Gelbart ; illustrated by Drew Friedman ; editor, Monte Beauchamp].

Text

Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2008.

2008

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FormatTextCall number**P+ 08-435Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Smith and Dale papers, additions, 1898-1987 (bulk 1920-1978).

Mixed material

1898-1987

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FormatMixed materialCall number*T-Mss 2008-001 Box 11. Smith-Corona SkyriterItem locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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Catskills rediscovered [videorecording] : excerpts / [written] by Zinn Arthur.

Moving image

1996.

1996

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FormatMoving imageCall number*LDV 1774Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Fyvush Finkel: acting, jokes, vocals [videorecording]

Moving image

1995.

1995

1 item

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FormatMoving imageCall numberNCOX 1798Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Ridere rende liberi : comici nei campi nazisti / Antonella Ottai.

Text

Macerata : Quodlibet, gennaio 2016.

2016-1

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberReCAP 16-16582Item locationOffsite

Gegen Judenhass / Oliver Polak.

Text

Berlin : Suhrkamp, 2018.

2018

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberReCAP 19-99227Item locationOffsite

The political Mel Brooks / edited by Samuel Boerboom and Beth E. Bonnstetter.

Text

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]

2019-2019

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FormatTextCall numberMWES (Brooks, M.) 19-3882Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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It's Garry Shandling's book / edited by Judd Apatow.

Text

New York : Random House, [2019]

2019

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FormatTextCall numberJFE 20-3238Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Old Jewish comedians : a visual encyclopedia / by Drew Friedman ; [foreword by Leonard Maltin].

Text

Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, c2006.

2006

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FormatTextCall number**P+ 06-622Item locationSchwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Kasher in the rye : the true tale of a white boy from Oakland who became a drug addict, criminal, mental patient, and then turned 16 / Moshe Kasher.

Text

New York : Grand Central Pub., 2012.

2012

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberMWES (Kasher, M.) 13-3082Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Overweight sensation : the life and comedy of Allan Sherman / Mark Cohen.

Text

Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2013.

2013

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberJNE 13-224Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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Playing with myself / Randy Rainbow.

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New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.

2022-2022

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FormatTextCall numberJME 22-250Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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Mel Brooks : disobedient jew / Jeremy Dauber.

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New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2023]

2023-2023

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FormatTextCall numberMWES (Brooks, M.) 23-4379Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Ridere rende liberi : comici nei campi nazisti / Antonella Ottai.

Text

Macerata : Quodlibet, gennaio 2016.

2016-1

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberD805.G3 O865 2016Item locationOff-site

Old Jewish comedians / by Drew Friedman.

Text

2006

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberPN3035 .F754 2006gItem locationOff-site

One year at a time, plus / Jack Gelman.

Text

Toronto : AMA Graphics Inc., 2005.

2005

1 item

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Ich darf das, ich bin Jude / Oliver Polak mit Jens Oliver Haas.

Text

Köln : Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2008.

2008

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberPT2716.O43 I24 2008Item locationOff-site

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