Saturday, July 27, 2019

Jews & Comedy: An Analysis by Renowned Historian Joseph Dorinson


This video was published on YouTube on July 3, 2019. 

BJHI: Historian Sarina Roffe interviews Joseph Dorinson about Jews in comedy and their shared Brooklyn roots.

A noted authority in the field of popular culture, Dorinson's research specialties involve sports history, with emphasis on the Brooklyn Dodgers and African American sports heroes, humor studies, Russian immigration, Brooklyn and Jewish history, and World War II movies and music. 

His television appearances have included Fox News; NBC Morning News; the WLIW-TV program, "Brooklyn: The Way It Was;" and New York 1 News.

Source: The Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative (BJHI)

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