Encyclopedia Of Jewish Humor

Reference

Henry D. Spalding

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Jonathan David Publishers, Inc.

This collectible serves as an old farmer's historical reference almanac.

The Best of 'The Old Farmer's Almanac'

Will Forpe

Mastering Masonry: How to Work with Bricks , Blocks, Concrete and Stone

Engineering & Transportation

Kenneth J. Nolan

Engineering

Filled with facts, trivia, photographs, and statistics, an updated reference furnishes concise portraits of more than 150 important Jewish athletes, including Sandy Koufax, Kerry Strug, Daniel Mendoza, Esther Roth, and many others.

Great Jews In Sports

Robert Slater

Biographies & Memoirs

In this four-volume set of The Jewish Book of Why, The Second Jewish Book of Why, The Jewish Mourner’s Book of Why, and The Jewish Book of Why: The Torah, Rabbi Alfred J. Kolatch answers thousands of questions about Jewish life, custom, and ritual. See the individual titles for content description.

The Jewish Books of Why Library

Politics & Social Sciences

KOLATCH, ALFRED J.

Social Sciences

When Jonathan Kolatch's imagination is set free to wander, you never know where it might perch. Whether exploring the logistics of taking a Japanese bath, revisiting the remains of an evacuated Jewish settlement in Gaza, debunking the Dx game doctors play, or analyzing the economics of a chocolate chip cookie, he sees the world through a unique Kolatchian perspective.Blurring the lines between the factual and the fanciful, close to home or far away, Jon Kolatch makes us care about people we've never met and consider things we've never thought about. For Kolatch, debating whether to sell an aging car segues naturally into a contemplation of human immortality, and a chat with a West Bank rabbi over coexistence with neighboring Arabs begets a visit to a Palestinian legislator bent on scuttling the rabbi's peace dreams.From his earliest years, Jon Kolatch found himself following unconventional paths. Of thoroughly urban stock, when his parents acquired a modest tract of land two hours north of New York City, he found himself immersed in rural life: planting fruit trees, tinkering with recalcitrant lawn mowers, challenging poison ivy. Thus began a bipolar existence'weekdays in the big city, weekends in the stix'that continues to this day. Country themes inspired some of his earliest published pieces in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

At the Corner of Fact & Fancy

Religion & Spirituality

Jonathan Kolatch

Judaism

Passover cuisine is no longer limited to the traditional dishes known to our parents and grandparents. In this classic, containing more than 500 clearly written recipes, Frances AvRutick shows us how to make every Passover dish a succulent delight. In nineteen chapters spiced with history, laced with lore, and garnished with cooking suggestions, you will find everything from traditional holiday preparations (try the Russian borscht and light-as-a-feather knaidlach) to modern-day originals (matzo-spinach pie, elegant stuffed drumsticks, matzo meal polenta--to name a few). The Complete Passover Cookbook will help you prepare the kind of Passover you never dreamed possible. New, revised 2008 edition.

The Complete Passover Cookbook

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Frances R. AvRutick

Regional & International

This well-rounded social history of the African-American demonstrates very graphically the close relationship between folklore and orthodox history. From the hundreds of humorous tales, anecdotes, biographies, recipes, musical selections, and historical notations included in this work, a pattern revealing a new, socially-minded black American unfolds. Through the encyclopedias seven sections--Long Night of Bondage, Plantation to Emancipation, Parables in Black, A People Sing, Poets Corner, Turn of the Century, and The New Breed--the African American emerges from a once confined and submerged plantation-type into a new heroic figure marching forward with pride.

Encyclopedia of Black Folklore and Humor

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Joys of Irish Humor

This delightful volume by a renowned expert on ethnic humor presents the choicest of Irish poetry, limericks, anecdotes, jokes, and words of wisdom. It's all here: the loving, the fighting, the drinking, the praying, the struggling, and the laughing.

The Household Book of Hints and Tips

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Diane Raintree

Home Improvement & Design

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