Tsafi Sebba-Elran
Biographic Data
| ID | 4120573 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tsafi Sebba-Elran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tsafi |
| FAMILY NAME | Sebba-Elran |
| SIGNATURE | SEBBA-ELRAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0915-0315 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘If God asks’
The creativity we find in COVID-19 memes is not restricted to everyday themes and characters, but is also reflected in the rich cycles of ‘mythical memes’—that is, memes that describe the world of the gods and their hierarchical relationships with humans through popular images and artworks. The artistic representation of myth in the usually humorous framework of the meme may raise questions as to how and why the archaic and the contemporary, the …
A pandemic of jokes? The Israeli Covid-19 meme and the construction of a collective response to risk
The COVID-19 pandemic that broke out in Israel in February 2020 prompted widespread public response, which included a deluge of humorous memes. The current article discusses the main meme cycles of the pandemic with the aim of uncovering the functions of the humorous meme, and particularly its singular language, which incorporates the universal and the particular, the global and the local, the hegemonic and the subversive. The memes are examined …
The intertextual Jewish joke at the turn of the twentieth century and the poetics of a national renewal
The article examines the role of the intertextual Jewish joke at the turn of the twentieth century, in its historical and cultural contexts. The case studies would be Alter Druyanow’s popular anthology, Sefer Habediha Vehahiddud ( The Book of Jokes and Witticisms , Frankfurt 1922), and his archived, unpublished collection of sexual jokes. The frequent use of quotations from sacred Jewish texts, characteristic of these collections, is discussed in…
The canonization and censorship of the modern Jewish joke
The article discusses Alter Druyanow’s popular work: The Book of Jokes and Witticisms (Sefer habediha vehahiddud, Frankfurt, 1922) as a turning point in the development of modern Jewish humour. The acceptance of the book is ascribed mainly to its Zionist agenda expressed not only in the formation of its repertoire, but also in the censorship of a large collection of sexual jokes. Following a discussion of Druyanow’s main motives and anthologizing…
The Struggle over Locality in Israeli Humoristic Memes from the 2014 Military Conflict in Gaza
A rich variety of humoristic memes was spread during the 2014 military conflict in Gaza by Israeli WhatsApp and Facebook groups, as well as various Internet sites. This study focuses on a selection of popular memes from this corpus, which deals with the difficulty of understanding and controlling the balance of power characterizing the geocultural landscape of Israel. As a popular medium, the meme enables us to examine the Israeli-Palestinian con…
From Sefer Ha'aggadah to the Jewish Bookcase
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
A pandemic of jokes? The Israeli Covid-19 meme and the construction of a collective response to risk
The COVID-19 pandemic that broke out in Israel in February 2020 prompted widespread public response, which included a deluge of humorous memes. The current article discusses the main meme cycles of the pandemic with the aim of uncovering the functions of the humorous meme, and particularly its singular language, which incorporates the universal and the particular, the global and the local, the hegemonic and the subversive. The memes are examined …
The intertextual Jewish joke at the turn of the twentieth century and the poetics of a national renewal
The article examines the role of the intertextual Jewish joke at the turn of the twentieth century, in its historical and cultural contexts. The case studies would be Alter Druyanow’s popular anthology, Sefer Habediha Vehahiddud ( The Book of Jokes and Witticisms , Frankfurt 1922), and his archived, unpublished collection of sexual jokes. The frequent use of quotations from sacred Jewish texts, characteristic of these collections, is discussed in…
From Sefer Ha'aggadah to the Jewish Bookcase
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
The canonization and censorship of the modern Jewish joke
The article discusses Alter Druyanow’s popular work: The Book of Jokes and Witticisms (Sefer habediha vehahiddud, Frankfurt, 1922) as a turning point in the development of modern Jewish humour. The acceptance of the book is ascribed mainly to its Zionist agenda expressed not only in the formation of its repertoire, but also in the censorship of a large collection of sexual jokes. Following a discussion of Druyanow’s main motives and anthologizing…
The Struggle over Locality in Israeli Humoristic Memes from the 2014 Military Conflict in Gaza
A rich variety of humoristic memes was spread during the 2014 military conflict in Gaza by Israeli WhatsApp and Facebook groups, as well as various Internet sites. This study focuses on a selection of popular memes from this corpus, which deals with the difficulty of understanding and controlling the balance of power characterizing the geocultural landscape of Israel. As a popular medium, the meme enables us to examine the Israeli-Palestinian con…
The intertextual Jewish joke at the turn of the twentieth century and the poetics of a national renewal
The article examines the role of the intertextual Jewish joke at the turn of the twentieth century, in its historical and cultural contexts. The case studies would be Alter Druyanow’s popular anthology, Sefer Habediha Vehahiddud ( The Book of Jokes and Witticisms , Frankfurt 1922), and his archived, unpublished collection of sexual jokes. The frequent use of quotations from sacred Jewish texts, characteristic of these collections, is discussed in…
A pandemic of jokes? The Israeli Covid-19 meme and the construction of a collective response to risk
The COVID-19 pandemic that broke out in Israel in February 2020 prompted widespread public response, which included a deluge of humorous memes. The current article discusses the main meme cycles of the pandemic with the aim of uncovering the functions of the humorous meme, and particularly its singular language, which incorporates the universal and the particular, the global and the local, the hegemonic and the subversive. The memes are examined …
‘If God asks’
The creativity we find in COVID-19 memes is not restricted to everyday themes and characters, but is also reflected in the rich cycles of ‘mythical memes’—that is, memes that describe the world of the gods and their hierarchical relationships with humans through popular images and artworks. The artistic representation of myth in the usually humorous framework of the meme may raise questions as to how and why the archaic and the contemporary, the …
History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)