Here for the first time is a study on the nature of Jewish wit done by one of the greatest psychoanalysts, Theodor Reik. Over twenty years went into the collecting of the material with the result that this book contains. "He (Thedor Reik) is one of the few masters of applied analysis as is shown especially in his earlier contributions, while his later work is more concerned with matters of general psychological interest. In both ways he has given great proof of a high amount of intelligence, criticism and independent thought"—Sigmund Freud