The Last Jewish JokeThe golden age of Jewish humour flourished in the second half of the twentieth century, enjoyed by Jews and non Jews alike, but its twilight years are now in sight. Telling jokes has the potential to reaffirm community once religion, political loyalties and victimhood are stripped away: from the 1960s on, a unique cultural dynamism bound up in these jokes reminded Jews around the world of what it means to be Jewish. Often, jokes pit one group against