Israeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal Vol. 1, Issue 1 2012
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pp. 1–5	Editorial: The Inaugural Issue. Ephraim Nissan, London, and Arie Sover, Ashkelon download editorial
	Regular Articles:
pp. 6–28	PRAGMATICS: Garden paths, red lights and crossroads: On finding our way to understanding the cognitive mechanisms underlying jokes. Marta Dynel, Lódź Other Keywords: Jokes: Taxonomy; Incongruity-resolution mechanisms; Garden paths; Red lights kind of jokes; Crossroads kind of jokes download full paper
pp. 29–85	LITERARY STUDIES: 2011: The Sesquicentennial of the Birth of America’s Top Hebrew Humorist The sweat of the (low) brow: New York Immigrant life in Gerson Rosenzweig’s satire. Facets of his Talmudic parody Tractate America. Ephraim Nissan, London Other Keywords: Jewish studies; Pastiche; Parody; Satire; Social conditions (immigrants); Trade union, strikes, immigrants labor. America (perception); America (discovery) download full paper
pp. 86–106	PSYCHOLOGY: Extreme fear of being laughed at: components of gelotophobia Tracey Platt, Willibald Ruch, Jennifer Hofmann, and René T. Proyer, Zurich Other Keywords: Clinical psychology; Phobia download full paper
	Bibliographical Analysis:
pp. 107–210	A tentative evaluation of the spread of humor studies among journals in other domains. Ephraim Nissan, London Other Keywords: History of the discipline; Interdisciplinary research; Bibliometrics download full paper
	Book Reviews:
pp. 211–212	Studies in Political Humour, edited by Villy Tsakona and Diana Elena Popa. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2011. Christie Davies, England download review
	Several further reviews will be posted soon