{"product_id":"red-humor-hammer-and-sickle-jokes-9781952269035","title":"Red Humor: Hammer and Sickle Jokes","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Raphael Israeli\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Strategic Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Topic - Politics\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","brand":"Strategic Book Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413908054167,"sku":"9781952269035","price":1654.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781952269035.webp?v=1767919601","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/red-humor-hammer-and-sickle-jokes-9781952269035","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}