Joys of Jewish Folklore 1st.edition edition

"Joys of Jewish Folklore" introduces us to the first American-Jewish aviator, the rope-skipping "Jewish-Indian," the "Bronx Bomber" who would not play ball on Yom Kippur, John Brown's Jewish soldiers, the ghetto poet laureate, and hundreds more intriguing characters from the world of contemporary Jewish folklore. David Max Eichhorn, noted American-Jewish historian, recounts the most unusual and interesting episodes of contemporary life in which Jews have played a prominent role." Cover