Contents

Why We Laugh: Theories of Humor  

• Friedman, L.W. and H.H. Friedman (2003).  I-Get-It as a Type of Bonding Humor: The Secret Handshake. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=913622 

When Humor is Meaningful 

• Friedman, Hershey H. and Friedman, Linda Weiser, Laughing Matters: When Humor Is Meaningful (July 12, 2019). Friedman, H. H. and Friedman, L.W. (2019). Journal of Intercultural Management and Ethics, Issue no. 4, 55-72. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3418980 

What is Jewish Humor?

Friedman, L.W. and H.H. Friedman (2009), Jewish? You Must Be Joking! the Jewish Take on Humor. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1439936

 How to Improve AntiSemitic Humor

Friedman, Linda Weiser and Friedman, Hershey H.  How to Create Witty, Anti-Semitic Jokes: A Primer for Nitwits. Helios.(2017).  Available at https://heliosliterature.com/2017/09/10/how-to-create-witty-anti-semitic-jokes-a-primer-for-bigots/ Also available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3027789 

Humor in the Hebrew Bible

• Friedman, Hershey H. (2000). Humor in the Hebrew Bible. Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, 13(3), pp. 257-286. [PDF]

• Friedman, H.H. and LW Friedman (2015), Humor in the Torah (February 6). Qol Ha'Qa'hal, 15(3), 20-22. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2561917

• Friedman, Hershey H. and Friedman, Linda Weiser, So, Moses Walks into a Bar…The Ancient Origins of Jewish Humor (August 3, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1443522 

Humor in the Talmud and Midrash

• Friedman, Hershey H. (1998). He Who Sits in Heaven Shall Laugh: Divine Humor in Talmudic Literature. Thalia: Studies in Literary Humor vol. 17, March: 36-50. [PDF]

• Friedman, H. H. (2004), Talmudic Humor and the Establishment of Legal Principles: Strange Questions, Impossible Scenarios, and Legalistic Brainteasers (March 20, 2004). Thalia: Studies in Literary Humor, Vol. 21, 2004, 14-28.  Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2236456 [PDF]

• Friedman, H.H. and S. Lipman (1999). Satan the Accuser: Trickster in Talmudic and Midrashic Literature, Thalia: Studies in Literary Humor, Vol. 18, March, 31-41. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2737460  [PDF]

• Friedman, Hershey H., The Wit and Sarcasm of the Talmudic Sage Ulla (June 21, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2990809 

• Friedman, H.H. and Friedman, L.W. (2023 forthcoming). An Arrow in the Eye: the Jewish View of Satan in Rabbinic Literature. International Studies in Humour.

• Friedman, H. H. (2022). Mesmerizing Narratives of the Talmud: In Which God Laughs, Satan Sulks, Elijah Rebukes, and Jesters go to Heaven. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/78266376/Mesmerizing_Narratives_of_the_Talmud_In_Which_God_Laughs_Satan_Sulks_Elijah_Rebukes_and_Jesters_go_to_Heaven 

 When Humor is Divine

• Friedman, H.H. and LW Friedman(2012), Humor and the Omniscient God (July 18, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2112655

• Friedman, Hershey H and Linda W Friedman, The Humor of Divine Discourse in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic Literature. International Studies in Humour, 4(1), 2015. Available at http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/ephraim/Humor-E-Journals/IntStudiesHumour/Vol2015-1/Articles/FriedmanFriedman2015.pdf

• Waisanen, Don J., Friedman, Hershey H., and Friedman, Linda W. (2014). What’s so Funny about Arguing with God? A Case for Playful Argumentation from Jewish Literature. Argumentation: An International Journal on Reasoning, 28(4). [DOI] [PREPRINT]

• Friedman, H. H. and Friedman, L.W. (2023). Encounters with God: Rabbinic stories and what we can learn from them. Journal of Religion and Business Ethics, Article 5, August. https://via.library.depaul.edu/jrbe/vol5/iss1/5/ 

Is Humor "Allowed"?

Friedman, Hershey H. and Friedman, Linda Weiser, To Jest or Not to Jest: How Conflicting Attitudes toward Humor in the Talmud Foreshadowed a Jewish Cultural Divide Today (February 20, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3338980 

The Pious Fool in Jewish Humor

Friedman, LW and HH Friedman (2018). The Pious Fool: A Sometimes-Hermetic Jewish Humor Trope. International Studies of Humour, 7(1).  Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3234745

The Humor Wars

Friedman, Hershey H. and Friedman, Linda Weiser, Chasidim vs. Misnagdim: A Compilation of Mocking Humor (February 20, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3338989 

Jewish Humor as a Survival Tool

Friedman, L.W. and Friedman, H. H. (2023, forthcoming). "Jewish humor as a survival tool and a bridge to social justice." In Ofer Feldman (Ed.), Political Comedy: The Cultural Roots of Political Humor, Satire, and Parody Worldwide. Springer Series of The Language of Politics.

Social Justice Humor

• Friedman, H. H. and Friedman, L. W. (2020). "The pen Is mightier than the sword: Humor as a social justice tool," Review of Contemporary Philosophy,19, 26-42. Available at: https://www.addletonacademicpublishers.com/contents-rcp/1659-volume-19-2020/3644-the-pen-is-mightier-than-the-sword-humor-as-a-social-justice-tool. doi:10.22381/RCP1920202 

Toxic Humor    

• Friedman, LW and HH Friedman, "Just Kidding: When Workplace Humor is Toxic", In F. Maon, A. Lindgreen, J. Vanhamme, R.J. Angell, J. Memery (eds.), Not all Claps and Cheers: Humor in Business and Society Relationships. Taylor and Francis. 2018. pp. 216-227. 

Teaching Using Humor

• Amoo, Taiwo, Friedman, Hershey H. and Friedman, Linda Weiser,  Three Methods to Engage Students in the Introductory Statistics Course: Humor, Active Learning, and Relevant Examples (November 18, 2000). Proceedings of The Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Orlando, Fl., pp. 218-222, November 18-21, 2000. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2309452

• Friedman, H.H., L.W. Friedman and T. Amoo. "Using Humor in the Introductory Statistics Course." Journal of Statistics Education 10.3, November. http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/contents_2002.html

• Lynch, James A. and Friedman, H. H. (2013). "Approaching Ethics Through Humor - Using Lawyer Jokes to Teach Business Ethics." SS (Social Science) International Journal of Economics and Management, 3(6), November. . Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2353848