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Summary: HA HA HA HA
Review: I enjoyed David Bader's "How to be an Extremely Reform" Jew. However, I found this, his second take on contemporary Jewish culture, to be insipid and ultimately meaningless.Beyond the first few chuckles, I can't help feeling that these haikus are geared towards a fading generation and constipated stereotypes that have been "done" to death: the lavish bar mitzvah, the ambitious Jewish mother. Maybe I'm asking too much of a humour book. Maybe I should just grin and walk away. But the classics, by authors like Leo Rosten (The Joys of Yiddish) and Joseph Telushkin (Jewish Humor : What the Best Jewish Jokes Say About the Jews) -- and even Bader's first book -- all prove that when Jews read humour, we do it to learn more about ourselves. Humour offers a painless lesson in Jewish reality, which is sometimes troubling and unpleasant in real life. Haikus for Jews, on the other hand, offers little fresh insight, treading a well-worn path younger Jews are increasingly reluctant to follow.
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Summary: Haikus aren't news...
Review: I enjoyed David Bader's "How to be an Extremely Reform" Jew. However, I found this, his second take on contemporary Jewish culture, to be insipid and ultimately meaningless. Beyond the first few chuckles, I can't help feeling that these haikus are geared towards a fading generation and constipated stereotypes that have been "done" to death: the lavish bar mitzvah, the ambitious Jewish mother. Maybe I'm asking too much of a humour book. Maybe I should just grin and walk away. But the classics, by authors like Leo Rosten (The Joys of Yiddish) and Joseph Telushkin (Jewish Humor : What the Best Jewish Jokes Say About the Jews) -- and even Bader's first book -- all prove that when Jews read humour, we do it to learn more about ourselves. Humour offers a painless lesson in Jewish reality, which is sometimes troubling and unpleasant in real life. Haikus for Jews, on the other hand, offers little fresh insight, treading a well-worn path younger Jews are increasingly reluctant to follow.
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Summary: HA HA HA HA
Review: I fell off my seat on the subway reading this book i thought it was so funny. and that was the 3rd time I had read it! Mr. Bader - do a sequel!!
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Summary: A little humor nosh.
Review: If your sense of humor needs a nosh - you should have this by your side. I wouldn't hurt!
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Summary: A little humor nosh.
Review: If your sense of humor needs a nosh - you should have this by your side. I wouldn't hurt!
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: One of the funniest things I have read in a long time! A must for any Jew or for someone who is involved with one!
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: One of the funniest things I have read in a long time! A must for any Jew or for someone who is involved with one!
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Summary: It's not Japanese
Review: Real haiku...the true, authentic, almost sacred kind....should not be funny. It is to be inspiring, uplifting, transcendental even. Who does this writer think he is to make me laugh so hard?
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Summary: The poetry of Jewish Neurosis
Review: So you thought I would / Write a Jewish haiku to / Sell this book. Guess not. Bader, a Hahvahd Lawyer, and the author of"How to Be an Extremely Reform Jew" provides the essence of the faith in 5-7-5 / 17 syllable portions. Like the Japanese ahiku, the Jewish haiku (or CHAI-ku) includes 'a kigo', or a 'season word' hinting at a time of year. It is sheer genius. My favorites were one about a mohel pruning the growth in his garden and: Heimlich. Is that a / Jewish name? I wonder as / a diner turns blue.
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Summary: The poetry of Jewish Neurosis
Review: So you thought I would / Write a Jewish haiku to / Sell this book. Guess not. Bader, a Hahvahd Lawyer, and the author of"How to Be an Extremely Reform Jew" provides the essence of the faith in 5-7-5 / 17 syllable portions. Like the Japanese ahiku, the Jewish haiku (or CHAI-ku) includes 'a kigo', or a 'season word' hinting at a time of year. It is sheer genius. My favorites were one about a mohel pruning the growth in his garden and: Heimlich. Is that a / Jewish name? I wonder as / a diner turns blue.
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