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title	:	Israeli Humor : The Content and Structure of the Chizbat of the Palmah SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
author	:	Oring, Elliott.
publisher	:	State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0873955129
print isbn13	:	9780873955126
ebook isbn13	:	9780585088365
language	:	English
subject	Israeli wit and humor--History and criticism, Palmah--Humor.
publication date	:	1981
lcc	:	PJ5033.O7 1981eb
ddc	:	398.2/095694
subject	:	Israeli wit and humor--History and criticism, Palmah--Humor.

Page i Israeli Humor

Page ii SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture Sarah Blacher Cohen, Editor

Page iii Israeli Humor The Content and Structure of the Chizbat of the Palmah Elliott Oring State University of New York Press Albany

Page iv Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint from the following sources: Dahn Ben-Amotz and Hayim Hefer, Yalkut Hakezavim (Tel Aviv, 1956) and Yalkut Hakezavim, volume 2 (Ma'ariv, 1956). Hayim Hefer, Takhmoshet Kalah (Merhavyah, 1949). Elliot Oring, "Everything Is a Shade of Elephant: An Alternative to a Psychoanalysis of Humor," New York Folklore 1( 1975). Elliot Oring, "Hey, You've Got No Character: Chizbat Humor and the Boundaries of Israeli Identity," Journal of American Folklore 86 (1973). Yuri Sella, Kifak Hey (Tel Aviv, 1967). Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1981 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Oring, Elliott, 1945 Israeli humor, Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Israeli wit and humorHistory and criticism. 2. PalmahAnecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. I. Title. II. Series. PJ5033.07 398.2'095694 80-25483 ISBN 0-87395-512-9 ISBN 0-87395-513-7 (pbk.)

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Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Ha-Palmah 5 2. Ha-Chizbat 23 3. The Argument of Humor 39 4. The Content 57 5. The Structure 87 6. The Message 120 7. Kezavim 129 Appendix 1: The Texts 134 Appendix 2: Glossary 266 Notes 269 Bibliography 277 Index 281

Page ix Acknowledgments First and foremost, I am deeply indebted to all my informants for their warmth and hospitality and for submitting to hour after hour of interview when they had more important things to do. Their names appear throughout the text and notes of almost every chapter. Special thanks are due to Professor Hillel Barzel, who introduced me to informants, offered valuable advice, and displayed an enthusiasm for my research that often rivaled my own. I am grateful to Professors Dan Ben-Amos, Robert A. Georges, and Henry Glassie for their kind criticisms and helpful suggestions, to Professor Khalil Nakhleh for his aid in the translation of numerous Arabic expressions, and Lawrence H. Levinson, who supplied meanings for Yiddish and Hebrew lexical items. Of course, all errors that remain are my own. I also wish to express my appreciation to Dr. Isaachar Ben-Ami and Dr. Heda Jason for their advice and assistance during my research in Israel. During the difficult period of the preparation of this manuscript, many friends offered all kinds of encouragement: Frank and Rosan de Caro, Larry and Kerstin Danielson, Benjamin Fass, Bruce and Gen Giuliano, Michael and Jane Jones, Dianne and Harold Kagan, Norman and Judith Klein, and Taffe Semenza. I can only hope that someday I will have the opportunity to do the same for them. Last, but not least, I would like to thank my mother, Renee F. Oring, and my aunt, Dorothy Levinson, who assured me of the quality of this book prior to their having read it. It is always gratifying to elicit favorable yet dispassionate assessments of one's work.

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