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 ...

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 ...

(RNS) Did you hear the one about the new survey of American Jews? No, seriously: the report finds humor is one of the main qualities that four in 10 of the nation’s Jews say is essential to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Genuinely Funny Jewish Jokes. By. Shalom Trachtman - 5 Sivan 5784 – June 11, 2024. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

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 ...

A word about Washington Heights, in northern Manhattan — north of Harlem and just south of the Cloisters. Dr. Ruth is the second great iconic German-American-Jewish Washington Heights-ian to die ...

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 ...