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Siegel and Shus­ter’s Fun­ny­man: The First Jew­ish Super­hero From the Cre­ators of Superman
Thomas Andrae and Mel Gordon, eds; Danny Fingeroth, fwd.
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I Drink For A Reason
David Cross
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What Would Susie Say?: Bullsh*t Wis­dom About Love, Life and Comedy
Susie Essman
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My Foot­print: Car­ry­ing the Weight of the World
Jeff Garlin
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Amen, Amen, Amen: Mem­oir of a Girl Who Could­n’t Stop Pray­ing (Among Oth­er Things)
Abby Sher
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Some­times I Feel Like a Nut: Essays and Observations
Jill Kargman
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Mr. Fun­ny Pants
Michael Showalter
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The House on Crash Cor­ner and Oth­er Unavoid­able Calamities
Mindy Green­stein
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The 188th Cry­ba­by Brigade: A Skin­ny Jew­ish Kid From Chica­go Fights Hezbollah
Joel Chas­noff
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Jew­ish Com­e­dy Stars: Clas­sic to Cut­ting Edge
Nor­man H. Finkelstein
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Meet Our Pro­duc­tion Assis­tant, Zadie

Ear­li­er this week, Avrom Honig shared a behind-the-scenes look at the pho­to­shoot for Feed Me Bubbe, and talked about com­ing to the Big City. He will be blog­ging all…
Avrom Honig
September 8, 2011
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For the Love of Being Jew­ish: An A‑to‑Z Primer for Bub­bies, Men­sches, Meshugas, Tzad­diks, and Yentas
Steven Stark Lowenstein; Mark Anderson, illus, and designer
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How To Make Peace In The Mid­dle East In Six Months Or Less With­out Leav­ing Your Apartment
Gregorey Levey
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Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish: The Heeb Sto­ry­telling Collection
Shana Liebman, ed.
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Dif­fer­ent Jokes for Dif­fer­ent Folks

On Mon­day, Melis­sa Fay Greene shared the sto­ry behind the adop­tion of her daugh­ter, Helen, from Ethiopia. She has been blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish…
Melis­sa Fay Greene
August 3, 2011
Essay

The Ones That Missed the Cut

Ear­li­er this week, Saul Auster­litz wrote about his recent author tour and five not-as-ter­ri­ble-as-you-think movies. He has been blog­ging all week…
Saul Auster­litz
February 4, 2011
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