Mankoff gathers his own favorite Jewish cartoons and includes others from 27 of the best cartoonists in America including Lars Kenseth, Amy Kurzweil, and Robert Leighton. In the introduction, he shows how his Jewish heritage helped him to become a successful cartoonist, examines the place of cartoons in the vibrant history of Jewish humor, and plumbs Jewish thought, wisdom, and shtick for humorous insights. The book also features a foreword by the award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast,