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The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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I was lying in bed sick when, on January 5th, 1868, the first issue came out. Understandably, the party line and the competition tried to alienate from me János Jankó, the illustrator of the…

Contributor:

Adolf Ágai

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Politics, Artists, Satire, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
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Darwinian
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The evolution of the Hanukkah candelabra of the Pinne (Pniewy, Poland, near Posen) goatskin dealer Cohn into the Christmas tree of Conrad the businessman on Tiergartenstrasse (Berlin W.), satirizes…

Contributor:

Max Jungmann

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1904

Subjects:

Humor, Satire, Assimilation, Interfaith relations, Jewish identity

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Four images of trees resembling candelabra and then a fir tree, with German text above and below.
Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars
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Sheet music for “Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars,” a comic song about a Jewish businessman on his deathbed trying to collect money owed him. “Yiddish dialect songs” were popular performance pieces…

Contributor:

Irving Berlin

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1915

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Humor, Satire

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Popular Poetry, Music
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Cookbook Advertisement
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Contributor:

Max Jungmann

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Food and drink, Kashrut, Humor, Satire, Reform Judaism

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Advertisements
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The Reformed Hasid
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“Before and After the Reform.” Cartoon from Der schlemiel: Illustriertes jüdisches Blatt für Humor und Satire lampooning the transformation of a Hasidic Jew into a Reformed Jew.

Contributor:

Max Jungmann

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Hasidism, Assimilation, Humor, Christian-Jewish relations, Satire

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art, Humor & Satire
Page with German text across top and bottom, with two nearly identical figures in center, with the one on the left bearded and in prayer garment and hat, and the one on the right with moustache and suit.