The full title of the tome is Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition, which might lead some would-be readers to visions of bootlegging Jewish gangsters. While Jewdar’s always happy to read that, this book offers a much broader and more interesting array of Semitic experiences.
One of the most searing satirists working in any medium, Drew Friedman depicts the grit behind the glamour in disarming detail. Eli Valley talks to him about his latest work, Even More Old Jewish Comedians.