At Wit's End

This book explores the fascinating discourse on Jewish wit in the twentieth century when the Jewish joke became the subject of serious humanistic inquiry and inserted itself into the cultural and political debates among Germans and Jews against the ideologically-charged backdrop of anti-Semitism, the Jewish question, and the Holocaust.

Aceasta carte exploreaza fascinantul discurs despre intelepciunea evreiasca din secolul al XX-lea, cand gluma evreiasca a devenit subiectul unei serioase anchete umaniste si s-a inserat in dezbaterile culturale si politice dintre germani si evrei, pe fundalul antisemitismului incarcat ideologic. intrebare si Holocaustul.