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I rewrote the page to cover better the history and range of humor, along with a bit more explanation of the nature of Jewish humor. If anyone has better example jokes, especially of Israeli jokes or jokes told by the Hasidic masters, please insert them! (Though I was happy to use one from Woody Allen's Hasidic Tales, a real one would be preferred) --Goodoldpolonius2 04:56, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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If some sources refer to it as Jewish humor and it's notable enough, it might potentially be referenced in the article... —Paleo Neonate – 00:29, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Original research

A significant part part of the article is just a collection of randomly selected jokes without any indication of their relevance or importance, or encyclopedic value. There are hundreds of books - collections of Jewish humor, with thousands of jokes. An encyclopedic article must provide some kind of scholarly research. I am going to start deleting jokes not discussed in reliable sources (jokebooks are not reliable sources) as WP:UNDUE. Also, refenences to comedians' cracks are a no-go per WP:PRIMARY: primary sources must be used only to corroborate the research cited in wikipedia from secondary sources. Loew Galitz (talk) 22:38, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Loew Galitz: That seems perfectly reasonable. If you find classic jokes that seem like they *ought* to be in the article but are unreferenced and untagged, then you could (but don't have to) add a {{cn}} tag instead. But anything unsourced may be removed (tagged or not), and anything that has been lying around for a long time unsourced should be removed. It will remain in the history if anyone wants to source it and add it back, although it would still have to pass the bar of relevancy and WP:DUE WEIGHT. Including a few examples in the article is a good idea, but too many is not; see WP:EXAMPLEFARM. As you say, the article should be encyclopedic, and sourced. Content that isn't, may be removed. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 19:06, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]