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We examine the implications of these processes through (1) content analysis of 1000 Israeli humorous \u2018forwards\u2019 and (2) a grounded analysis of 130 texts representing ethnic groups with varying degrees of proximity to Israeli culture. Regarding the global turn, we found that non-local ethnicities are \u2018imported\u2019 to the local symbolic sphere via new forms of humor. 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