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 ...

This perceptive debut from Caplan, a Judaic studies professor at the University of Cincinnati, examines how “Jewish satire and American Judaism have interacted over the last half century.” Unpacking ...

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.

(JTA) — Two years ago, a poll on Twitter tried to settle once and for all how to refer to the corner of the social media platform where Jews conversed. “Jwitter” got two thirds of the 525 votes, with ...

The history of the Jewish people is a long one, I’ll say it. The history of Jewish comedy, though not as long, is perhaps just as significant to the modern world. Jewish humor has carved itself a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new book explores the evolution of humor from the post-World War II era to the rise of the millennials. (JTA) — In the 2020 comedy “Shiva Baby,” a 20-something young woman shows up at a house of ...

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 ...