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Throughout that struggle Jews used comedy to challenge the status quo speak truth to power grease the skids of social acceptance and express their full pride and humanity. In this talk about Punching Up their work in progress AJT board member Gwydion Suilebhan and his coauthor Steven Gimbel will tell the story of how comedians earned Jewish Americans a meaningful place in the nations cultural fabric. AJT Completes 36 Years. Image Staged reading of Sholem Aschs On the Road to Zion translation by Caraid OBrien.