Jewish Comedy Stars: Classic to Cutting Edge
Finkelstein, Norman H.
ISBN 10: 0822599422 ISBN 13: 9780822599425
Published by Kar-Ben Pub, 2010
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From vaudeville to viral comedy on the web, here are more than 40 short biographies of Jewish comedians who heavily influenced the entertainment industry in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Sorted chronologically into chapters like "On Stage," "On Air," "On Fire," and "Comedy 2.0," this book profiles Jewish comedians from George Jessel to Sarah Silverman.
About the Author: Norman H. Finkelstein is the award-winning author of eighteen nonfiction books for young readers. He has won the National Jewish Book Award twice for Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle and Forged in Freedom: Shaping the Jewish-American Experience (both Jewish Publication Society) and the Golden Kite Honor Book Award for Nonfiction for With Heroic Truth: The Life of Edward R. Murrow (Clarion Books). Three Across: The Great Transatlantic Race of 1927 was published by Calkins Creek in 2008. A resident of Framingham, Massachusetts, Finkelstein is a retired public school librarian and a longtime faculty member of Boston s Hebrew College. Visit normfinkelstein.com.
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Title: Jewish Comedy Stars: Classic to Cutting Edge
Publisher: Kar-Ben Pub
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: paperback
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