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The award-winning comedian discusses getting older (but not crankier), novelty baked goods, and antisemitism in his new ...
Nearly a hundred years ago, a hastily crafted spaceship crash-landed in Smallville, Kansas. Inside was an infant – the sole ...
For a funny Jewish woman, you had to wait until “The Nanny.” How much did it matter that as a boy I saw no Jewish couples on television? I’m not certain — draw your own conclusions about ...
Genuinely Funny Jewish Jokes. By. Shalom Trachtman - 5 Sivan 5784 – June 11, 2024. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...
Thirteen Jewish comedians — including Gary Gulman, Sandra Bernhard, Judy Gold, Andy Kindler, and Gabe Liedman — reflect on what Judaism means to their comedy during a time when anti-Semitism ...
I’m learning Hebrew and it’s not funny Hebrew has masculine and feminine versions of words, which is extra annoying since I have no interest in speaking to any females, ever Mar 31, 2021, 2:58 PM ...
In the climactic scene of the musical “Caroline, or Change,” an 8-year-old Jewish boy, Noah, and his African American maid, Caroline, living in the Jim Crow South, get into a heated fight and ...
But seriously: A sweeping new survey from the Pew Research Center, "Portrait of Jewish Americans," finds humor is one of the main qualities that four in 10 of the nation's 5.3 million religious ...
The 1964 musical and subsequent film “Funny Girl,” both starring Barbra Streisand, chronicle Brice’s rise to fame while she grapples with her own identity as a Jewish woman — including the ...
The announcement this 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 ...
Sarah Hurwitz grew up in what she would describe as a culturally Jewish home. But it wasn't until she was in her 30s that she really connected with the spiritual identity she was raised with.
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 ...