{"product_id":"red-humor-hammer-and-sickle-jokes-paperback","title":"Red Humor: Hammer and Sickle Jokes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaphael Israeli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is important to remember the crucial era of modern history dominated by Soviet Russia and Red China, symbolized by Stalin and Mao, through Communist-style humor. The jokes were created mainly in the West, but also within the Communist system, which produced a rich sample of humor about political rule, music, oppression of the common man, and other realities of Communism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter tensions were thought dissipated between the superpowers, and capitalism was declared the winner, Communism was thought to have disappeared. But with the renewal of world difficulties, there is a need to reminisce on how Communism was conceived through Soviet jokes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed Humor\u003c\/em\u003e is divided into the Czarist period to Stalin's era, supplemented by memorable one-liners that immortalize that seven-decade harsh era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author wrote this joke collection \"to collect those bits of humor before they are forgotten.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Jew was dying in his bed during a bitterly cold and snowy night in Russia. He called his wife to his side and faintly murmured: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Sarah! The time has come! Call the Priest!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- The Priest? Are you crazy Abraham? You mean Rabbi!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- No, Sarah, I mean the Priest. I don't want to disturb the Rabbi in such terrible weather as this.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(About the Author)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaphael Israeli has taught Islamic, Chinese, and Middle Eastern history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A graduate of Hebrew University in history and Arabic literature, he earned a Ph.D. in Chinese and Islamic history from the University of California, Berkeley. Now retired, he has been a Fellow of the Harry Truman Research Institute at Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Center since the 1970s, and is the author of over 60 research books, a dozen edited books, and 100 scholarly articles about Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344252985651,"sku":"9781952269035","price":29.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/CJrCmuprf09781952269035.webp?v=1778719406","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/red-humor-hammer-and-sickle-jokes-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}