Download or read book Jewish Comedy Stars written by Norman H. Finkelstein and published by Kar-Ben Publishing ™. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From vaudeville to viral comedy on the web, here are more than 40 short biographies of Jewish comedians who heavily influenced the entertainment industry in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Sorted chronologically into chapters like "On Stage," "On Air," "On Fire," and "Comedy 2.0," this book profiles Jewish comedians from George Jessel to Sarah Silverman.