When Max Cohen moved to Murray Hill after graduating from Tulane University, he found a particular Jewish culture that was ripe for roasting.

Every culture has its cultural icons—artists, musicians, and actors who don’t just reflect their time but shape it, bend it, and redefine it. In Israel, it used to be that the dominant voices in music ...

The pervasive culture of cynicism encourages us to lower our expectations, to view optimism with suspicion, and to label those who remain hopeful as naïve or out of touch. The holiday's message is a ...

I can pinpoint the exact day when Chuck Schumer, who used to represent Brooklyn in the House became a Palestinian.

On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern ...

With 'The Jews,' 'Daily Show' veteran Rob Kutner graduates from trying to please one curmudgeonly Jew to 14 million of them.

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Sons and Daughters,” Chaim Grade’s serialized novel about Jewish life in 1930s Europe, has been published in English for the ...

Itsik Manger (1901-1969) pioneered the fully modern, rhyming Purim shpil; his Yiddish Megile first appeared in Warsaw in 1936 ...

Written by Neil Simon, the play is based on his experiences writing for Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows” and offers a behind ...

There is a moment deep into “Coexistence, My Ass!” — director Amber Fares’ heartrending, trenchant, often side-splittingly ...

Satire aims to fool readers, at least for a minute or two. But in the age of social media, that’s a luxury few editors can ...