Books tagged: jewish humor

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T he Practice and Other Stories    by JACK MARKOWITZ
Price: $5.00 USD. 20250 words. Published on March 4, 2009. .

Blind Man – the story of starry eyed youth on the threshold of lost innocence; The Visit- a story about enduring family bonds; The Practice – the story of a family physician whose clients view him as a shaman., The Fundraiser- the story of an older working man who hates his job and his life; and Coney Island Limey – the story of an eccentric chap from Liverpool
A Good Yarn    by Hank Gross
Price: $9.99 USD. 67670 words. Published on March 1, 2010. .

Artie Weiss is the publisher of True Occult, a totally fabricated magazine of the supernatural. I am its editor. We lie daily for a living until one day party or parties unknown turn the tables on us and we find ourselves being led through a saga of time travel, mind manipulation and a government plan to develop a gun that shoots peace! We must follow their yarn until the startling surprise ending
Jesus Plays the Catskills    by Hank Gross
Price: $9.99 USD. 24280 words. Published on March 6, 2010. .

In this sublime retelling of the story and teachings of Christ's life, Jesus himself takes the mike and tells it to a Borscht-belt crowd as a Jewish comic might. It's the New Testament as you've never heard it before! So here he is, ladies and germs, the King of Kings, the Lamb of God...let's give it up, folks, for JESUS!
Slow Fire: Jewish Notes from Berlin    by Susan Neiman
Price: $6.99 USD. 96530 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on August 22, 2010. .

Berlin--East and West, day and night--in the 80s before the Wall fell. Through the eyes of a U.S. philosophy student. And Jewish, which makes for moments awkward, poignant, crass, funny, and always lurking. A city was divided, America the occupier, and the cigarettes not named Salem because it sounds too Jewish. The debut memoirs from the author of Moral Clarity, a N.Y. Times "2008 Notable Book."
In Search of the Golden Shiksa    by Roger Levine
Price: $2.99 USD. 64520 words. Published on October 7, 2010. .

Call me Weinstein. I have lived my life of quiet desperation dominated by women. Well, not really dominated by them. More like dominated by the need for them. Controlled by the lack thereof and the pursuit therein. I have done it all. Singles dances, volleyball games, bike rides, video dating, even (God Forbid), folk dancing. I have done it all in search of the Golden Shiksa.
Pearls of Winsome    by Dusty Yevsky
Price: Free! 2430 words. Published on March 19, 2011. .

A tasty bit of drivel about my personal history and philosophy of literature, as well as some observations regarding society in general, modern media and the art of expression. With a twist of sarcasm and shot of superficial insight into the dawning Age of Indifference, this earth shattering, ground breaking introspection offers up smatterings of hope amid the pearls of wisdom haphazardly tossed.
Eight Surefire Ways To Tell If You're A Jewish Mother    by Morgan St. James
Price: $0.99 USD. 4000 words. Published on March 21, 2011. .

A comical look at what it takes to be an official Jewish Mother and how to deal with one. A Jewish Mother doesn't have to be Jewish, a mother or even a woman!
Best Revenge: How the Theater Saved My Life and Has Been Killing Me Ever Since    by Stephen Fife
Price: $2.99 USD. 91190 words. Published by Cune Press on July 26, 2011. .

Best Revenge is an inside look at contemporary theater and a playwright's shrewd, cutting, yet ultimately sympathetic portrayal of today's America. A quirky, funny, bittersweet chronicle of the struggle and success of an American playwright who realizes his dream: to work with legendary director Joseph Chaikin.
Loxfinger    by Sol Weinstein
Price: Free! 36080 words. Published by Combustoica  on September 13, 2011. .

In a land surrounded by its enemies, Oy-Oy-7 is called on to guard the nation’s great benefactor, the generous but odd Lazarus Loxfinger. Is there more to Loxfinger than meets the eye? Bond aims to find out, even if doing so requires sleeping with dozens of exotic beauties! This classic parody sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the 1960s, now available again.
Matzohball    by Sol Weinstein
Price: $2.99 USD. 38770 words. Published by Combustoica  on September 27, 2011. .

Things are smoking in El Tiparillo when the Holy Land’s superest, secretest agent Israel Bond is called to wield his weaponized mezuzah to save innocent lives and formerly-innocent lasses in a rebellion. Will fend off the assassins, the vicious wildlife, and the mysterious Herbie while seducing the island’s array of fascinating and exotic women... or will it be the other way around?