Despite twelve years of Jewish education, a gap year in Israel and membership at two Orthodox synagogues, there are a few jokes in the “Frum Tweet of the Year” bracket that I don’t get. But for the Va ...

By Steve RabeyReligion Correspondent For a century, American Jews have had an outsized role in American comedy. From Groucho Marx to Jerry Seinfeld, Jackie Mason to Jon Stewart, Joan Rivers to Gilda ...

In the weeks following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, Elon Gold couldn’t feel funny. How could the Jewish comedian, who normally performs almost every other night, crack jokes as he was still ...

You know the saying, “All roads lead to Rome?” Well, I believe that the rich history of Jewish jokes can be traced back to the Hebrew month of Adar and the holiday of Purim. That’s right — we have ...

In these times of economic stress, the suffering of the Jew is as keen as that of any other representative class of population. Yet in searching through the storehouse of his rich past, he may still ...

For a cultural critic, a sense of humor is integral to his Jewish identity. But these dark times raise existential questions about comedy and its uses. Credit...Chloe Cushman Supported by By Jason ...

In Eli Lebowicz’s high school yearbook, there was a place where students could write the career they’d have in 10 years. He put “stand-up comedian.” He must have had some kind of prophecy, because ...

On April 10, DGA members took a hilarious look at the world of comedy and Jewish humor in film from the past as the Jewish Committee (JC) hosted its inaugural event, Laughing Out Loud! Jewish Humor ...

The platform, in the words of one user, has been a “synagogue you don’t go to, which is maybe more important than the synagogue you do go to.” (JTA) — Two years ago, a poll on Twitter tried to settle ...

The announcement last week that Katerina McCrimmon would star as Fanny Brice in the national tour of “Funny Girl,” the Broadway musical about a trailblazing Jewish comedian, has ignited criticism from ...

Israeli comic Matan Peretz is back on the performance circuit after taking a break to fight in the Gaza War -- as well as figure out how to be funny in a time of historic horror.