Article: Long forgotten events from Imperial Austria; memoirs, told with wisdom and Jewish humor.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Swarovski opens Austrian exhibit. (Daniel Swarovski Corporation ...
WWD;  July 3, 1992 ;     700+ words ...NEW YORK -- Daniel Swarovski Corp.'s latest venture -- sponsoring Imperial Austria, an exhibit featuring Austrian art, arms and armor at the IBM Gallery here -- was launched Monday with a luncheon at Le Cirque ...

Article: Education and Middle-Class Society in Imperial ...
Journal of Social History;  June 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ...By Gary B. Cohen (West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 1996. xxi plus 386pp. $36.95/cloth). This book will serve as an important effort to correct the image of almost total failure that has applied to the Austrian half of the Dual Monarchy since its collapse in World War I. This

Article: Friends' Jewish humor book keeps up with the times
The Boston Globe;  December 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... all right?" - from "The Big Book of Jewish Humor," 25th anniversary edition, by William ... Waldoks published "The Big Book of Jewish Humor," a collection of shticks, curses ... anniversary edition of "The Big Book of Jewish Humor" (HarperCollins). It includes a ...

Article: 'JEWISH HUMOR' ENTERTAINS.(Living)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  November 29, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... pick five." Welcome to "The World of Jewish Humor" (Friday, 9 p.m., WMHT, Channel ... gives an overview of the history of Jewish humor that reveals its tremendous importance ... their tales, one dominant trait of Jewish humor emerges - it is basically funny storytelling ...

Article: 'Jewsical the Musical' celebrates Jewish ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  January 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... is laughing at you?" - Mel Brooks Jewish humor has been around forever. And there ... Saturday, as part of the Weekend of Jewish Humor sponsored by the museum and Second City ... wanted to celebrate the rich depths of Jewish humor. And, as president of Second City ...

Article: BACK of the BOOK: Getting Serious About Jewish ...
The Jewish Week;  November 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... of the BOOK: Getting Serious About Jewish Humor DANIEL SCHIFRIN For American Jews ... stories? The conversation about American Jewish humor has expanded recently as the country ... created a major exhibit of American Jewish humor; the National Foundation for Jewish ...

Article: CD TRACES THE LONG, COLORFUL HISTORY OF JEWISH ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 14, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... became the only professional purveyors of Jewish humor allowed to survive through the centuries ... performer, traces the origins of modern Jewish humor to one day in Lithuania in 1667. Weary ... allowing insults, is the beginning of all Jewish humor.'' Gordon, whose parents grew up ...