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Zoo Eretz Zoo
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God creates the universe in seven days. Soon after the job’s done, he throws Adam and Eve out of their place for disobeying orders. The couple…

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Zoo Eretz Zoo

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1975

Subjects:

Humor, Comics, Politics, Israel/Israelis, Life cycle

Categories:

Political Culture, Literature, Humor & Satire
Drawing of two figures holding guns, next to a snake, a baby in a crib, and a man with an axe in his head.
Esther
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It happened in the days of Ahasuerus—that Ahasuerus who reigned over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. In those days, when King Ahasuerus occupied the royal…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Purim, Diaspora, Women, Jewish identity, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Folklore
Relief with figures with hands bound standing next to larger figure along wall with relief of winged figure and Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian inscriptions.
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale
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Margot Zemach

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Date:

1977

Subjects:

Poverty, Humor, Wisdom, Family

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Painting of interior of wooden house filled with people, objects, and animals.
The Adventures in Short of Ferdinand Pedahtsur
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In a faraway land over the seas Lived a clever and wise king, if you please. His name was not easy to say unrehearsed King Leonard-Ferdinand-McCourt the first. We’ll take on the public’s prudent…

Contributor:

Efrayim Sidon, Yossi Abolafia

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1976

Subjects:

Humor, Language and linguistics, Leadership, Rebellion

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Drawing of figure crouched on ground writing with ink.