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Laugh for God's Sake: Where Jewish Humor and Jewish Ethics Meet (Hardcover) by Stanley J. Schachter. Enhanced by nearly 150 jokes drawn from Yiddish, Hebrew and English sources, Stanley Schachter's study probes Jewish jokes in a novel way, revealing their connection to primary teachings of Jewish ethics. His analysis uncovers Jewish humor as an active partner of Judaism's Talmud Torah, timeless teachings, couched in laughter, and intended to remind Jews of their ethical obligations in life's ever tangled encounters.