L. M. Stein, announces the publication on April 15 of a new anthology of Jewish humorous stories under the title “The Jew Laughs.” The compiler is S. Felix Mendelsohn, Rabbi of Temple Beth Israel here and well-known Jewish journalist.
The book consists of 387 stories grouped according to subject and is believed the most complete collection of Jewish humor ever written in English. A novel feature is a large section devoted to Jewish jokes which have sprung up on American soil.
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