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Great book:"Israeli Humor, the Content & Structure of the Chizbat of the Palmah"
« on: March 05, 2010, 12:35:31 AM »
Israeli Humor, the Content & Structure of the Chizbat of the Palmah", by Elliot Oring.

Very funny.  I do not get 100% of the jokes, but it is a very insightful look at what the early settlers considered funny.  Chizbat is Hebrewized form of the world Hizbat, an Arabic word for lies.  I guess you could call them tall tails about actual individual members of the Palmah*, or well known Jews of the time.  While computerless I read most of it, looking to finish it in the next week.

*"Abu Layish", "The Brother of Abu Layish", "Beni the Politurk", "Hayim the Fat"...  "The Arab Squad"... for examples.

Funny stuff like digging a hole up and loading it up on a truck for delivery... or being kicked by a snake.
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