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  • The Jewish comedy catalog / Darryl Lyman.

    • Text
    • Middle Village, N.Y. : Jonathan David Publishers, 1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
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    Text *PWR 89-28066Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Let there be laughter! : Jewish humor in America / Esther Romeyn and Jack Kugelmass, curators.

    • Text
    • Chicago : Spertus Museum, c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *PSK 97-1007Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • ha-Badḥan / Arielah Ḳrasni.

    • Text
    • Ramat-Gan [Israel] : Universiṭat Bar-Ilan, 1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *PSH 99-868Offsite
  • George Burns : [interview].

    • Text
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1974]
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text **P (Oral Histories, Box 9 no. 3)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Norm Crosby : [interview].

    • Text
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1985]
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text **P (Oral Histories, Box 15 no. 5)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Jack Gilford : [interview].

    • Text
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1978]
    • 1978
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text **P (Oral Histories, Box 26 no. 4)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Milton Berle : [interview].

    • Text
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1977]
    • 1977
    • 1 Item

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1f9176b0-02d4-0131-27a8-58d385a7b928
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text **P (Oral Histories, Box 6 no. 5)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Morey Amsterdam : [interview].

    • Text
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1985]
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text **P (Oral Histories, Box 3 no. 2)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Jackie Mason : [interview].

    • Text
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1991]
    • 1991
    • 1 Item

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f7439d0-02d6-0131-1425-58d385a7b928
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text **P (Oral Histories, Box 93 no. 6)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Alan King : [interview].

    • Text
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1991]
    • 1991
    • 1 Item

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96938550-02d9-0131-79cd-58d385a7b928
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text **P (Oral Histories, Box 92 no. 7)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Saveliĭ Kramarov : sudʹba strannika / V. Strongin.

    • Text
    • Moskva : ︠T︡Sentrpoligraf, 1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *QEB 00-2359Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Ed Wynn : [interview].

    • Text
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1960]
    • 1960
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text **P (Oral Histories, Box 337 no. 4)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Red Buttons : [interview].

    • Text
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1986]
    • 1986
  • Joey Bishop : [interview].

    • Text
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1986].
    • 1986
  • Jack Benny : [interview].

    • Audio
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, 1970]
    • 1970
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio **P (Oral Histories. Audiocassettes)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Danny Kaye : [interview].

    • Audio
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, 1974]
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio **P (Oral Histories. Audiocassettes)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Groucho Marx : [interview].

    • Audio
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, 1971]
    • 1971
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio **P (Oral Histories. Audiocassettes)Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • George Burns and Harry Ruby : [interview].

    • Audio
    • [New York : American Jewish Committee, 1971]
    • 1971
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio **P (Oral Histories. Audiocassettes)Schwarzman 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
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *PSW 01-6229Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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    Text *PSW 01-6229Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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    Text MWED 02-5880Offsite
  • The haunted smile : the story of Jewish comedians in America / Lawrence J. Epstein.

    • Text
    • New York : Public Affairs, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *PSW 01-4308Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *PZB 01-6854Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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

    • Text
    • Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
    • 2003
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy038/2002037062.html
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *PZB 03-3345Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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

    • Text
    • Oxford : PublicAffairs, 2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *PWR 03-4642Schwarzman 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.].

    • Text
    • [New York : Time Out New York Partners, 2003]
    • 2003
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JAX H-6037Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Smith and Dale papers, 1903-1981.

    • Mixed material
    • 1903-1981
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material *T-Mss 1981-015 Box 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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    Mixed material *T-Mss 1981-015 Box 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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    Mixed material *T-Mss 1981-015 Box 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • 45 seconds from Broadway / Neil Simon : programs

    • Text
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *T-PRG (45 seconds from Broadway (Simon))Performing 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
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LSRX 21954 [Disc]Performing 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
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text **P+ 08-435Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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

    • Mixed material
    • 1898-1987
    • 11 Items

    Available Online

    http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/the18692.pdf
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    Mixed material *T-Mss 2008-001 Box 9Offsite

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    Mixed material *T-Mss 2008-001 Box 10Offsite

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    Mixed material *T-Mss 2008-001 Box 11. Smith-Corona SkyriterPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
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  • Catskills rediscovered [videorecording] : excerpts / [written] by Zinn Arthur.

    • Moving image
    • 1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *LDV 1774Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Der jüdische Witz : zur unabgegoltenen Problematik einer alten Kategorie / Burkhard Meyer-Sickendiek, Gunnar Och (Hg.).

    • Text
    • Paderborn : Wilhelm Fink, [2015].
    • 2015-2015
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ReCAP 16-3054Offsite
  • Fyvush Finkel: acting, jokes, vocals [videorecording]

    • Moving image
    • 1995.
    • 1995
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image NCOX 1798Performing 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
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ReCAP 16-16582Offsite
  • Overweight sensation [electronic resource] : the life and comedy of Allan Sherman / Mark Cohen.

    • Text
    • Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2013.
    • 2013
    • 2 Resources

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  • Gegen Judenhass / Oliver Polak.

    • Text
    • Berlin : Suhrkamp, 2018.
    • 2018
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text ReCAP 19-99227Offsite
  • 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
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWES (Brooks, M.) 19-3882Performing 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
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 20-3238Schwarzman 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
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text **P+ 06-622Schwarzman 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
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWES (Kasher, M.) 13-3082Performing 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
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JNE 13-224Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Playing with myself / Randy Rainbow.

    • Text
    • New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
    • 2022-2022
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JME 22-250Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Mel Brooks : disobedient jew / Jeremy Dauber.

    • Text
    • New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2023]
    • 2023-2023
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWES (Brooks, M.) 23-4379Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Der jüdische Witz : zur unabgegoltenen Problematik einer alten Kategorie / Burkhard Meyer-Sickendiek, Gunnar Och (Hg.).

    • Text
    • Paderborn : Wilhelm Fink, [2015]
    • 2015
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text PN3035 .J83 2015gOff-site
  • Ridere rende liberi : comici nei campi nazisti / Antonella Ottai.

    • Text
    • Macerata : Quodlibet, gennaio 2016.
    • 2016-1
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text D805.G3 O865 2016Off-site
  • Old Jewish comedians / by Drew Friedman.

    • Text
    • 2006
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text PN3035 .F754 2006gOff-site
  • More old Jewish comedians / by Drew Friedman ; [foreword by Larry Gelbart ; illustrated by: Drew Friedman ; editor: Monte Beauchamp].

    • Text
    • 2008
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text PN3035 .F75 2008gOff-site
  • Let there be laughter! : Jewish humor in America / Esther Romeyn and Jack Kugelmass, curators.

    • Text
    • Chicago : Spertus Museum, c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
  • Badkhonim lider ṿi a zshaner in der Yidisher folḳsṭimlekher liṭeraṭur = Shirat badḥanim ke-z'aner ba-sifrut ha-ʻamamit ha-Yehudit / Ariʾelah Ḳrasani.

    • Text
    • Ramat-Gan : Universiṭat Bar-Ilan, 753, 1993.
    • 1993
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Y 10502.144Off-site
  • Chottechott, was isser damit!? : zum Leben und Wirken des jüdischen Vortragskünstlers Joseph Plaut aus Lippe-Detmold (1879-1966) / Eugen Heinen ; mit Zeitzeugenberichten, Sonderbeiträgen von Peter Schütze und Edgar Selge.

    • Text
    • Detmold : Buchantiquariat Lippe, 2004.
    • 2004
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text PN2658.P53 H45 2004Off-site
  • One year at a time, plus / Jack Gelman.

    • Text
    • Toronto : AMA Graphics Inc., 2005.
    • 2005
    • 1 Item
  • Ich darf das, ich bin Jude / Oliver Polak mit Jens Oliver Haas.

    • Text
    • Köln : Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2008.
    • 2008
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text PT2716.O43 I24 2008Off-site

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