[Avodah] Dixie Yid: The Warden, the Jester, and the Lawyer

[Zev Sero]

On 1/03/2011 10:18 AM, Prof. Levine wrote:
> Given this, I always wonder at those who condemn any sort of a joke with
> the categorization of "Letzonis." Indeed, what constitutes Letzonis and
> what constitutes the humor that the gemara and Irving Bunim approved of?
> YL

AIUI, letzanus means mockery of others.

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