What does Adam Sandler’s Mark Twain Prize say about (Jewish) American humor?
Adam Sandler may be the least Jewish comic to win the award
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The Schmooze Julia Louis-Dreyfus Wins Mark Twain Award For American Humor
Shockingly, there was apparently an award Julia Louis-Dreyfus hadn’t won yet. Reassuringly, she has now won it. Today the Kennedy Center announced that Julia Louis-Dreyfus will receive the 21st annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize is awarded to “people who have had an impact on American society in ways similar to the…
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Culture 8 Facts About Jewish Missouri
1. Approximately 59,000 Jews live in Missouri. 2. Mark Twain’s relationship with Jews in Missouri was complicated. The Levys were the only Jewish family in his hometown of Hannibal, Missouri. As a kid, Twain joined other kids in his community in hazing the Levy kids. Only later in life did he become something of a…
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The Schmooze Kirk Douglas’ Bloody Nose
It’s hard to picture Spartacus taking snark from anyone. But in a a personal essay in the Huffington Post, Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovtch) recalls how as a young child, he ran home to mommy with a bloody nose given to him by Yanak, a childhood friend who punched him after accusing him of killing…
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The Schmooze Looking Back at a History of Pseudonyms
Nom De Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms By Carmela Ciuraru Harper, 331 pages, $24.99 Writers are always looking for new ways to tell stories, and Carmela Ciuraru has found hers in “Nom De Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms.” In her latest book, Ciuraru, editor of eight poetry anthologies, chronicles the role of the…
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The Schmooze Mark Twain, “Mishpocha,” and Me
In her previous posts, Erika Dreifus blogged on her upcoming panel at AWP, “Beyond Bagels and Lox,” and the inspiration for “Quiet Americans.” Her blog posts are being featured this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog series. For more information on the series, please…
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