How to Be a Jewish Mother

How to Be a Jewish Mother is a 1964 Jewish humour book by American humorist Dan Greenburg which was the best selling non-fiction book in the United States in 1965, with 270,000 copies sold. The book was first published by Price Stern Sloan under publisher Larry Sloan.

The book was adapted into a play starring Molly Picon and Godfrey Cambridge which had a brief run on Broadway at the Hudson Theater from December 1967 through January 1968. A 1983 French adaptation, Comment devenir une mère juive en 10 leçons, met with long-running success. Gertrude Berg also released a best-selling comedy album from the book in 1965.