Comedy
Adir Miller's Reset: A midlife crisis comedy falls short of expectations
TV Time: In Reset, Adir Miller explores aging and regrets, but the series fails to live up to the expectations set by his past hits.
'War Trump' vs 'Peace Trump': the Eretz Nehederet skit that captured Israel’s Trump anxiety
From ‘Hairspray’ to ‘South Park,’ composer Marc Shaiman tells a story shaped by Jewish humor
Iran’s supreme leader tells Eretz Nehederet he’s bored of bingeing TV in his bunker
Comedians around the country offer comic relief during Israel-Gaza war
Even as the country reels from anger and sorrow in the wake of Hamas's brutal attack on Israel, comedians are managing to make smiles.
Israeli satire show pokes fun at BBC in new skit featuring Yahya Sinwar interview
Israel’s longest-running political satire program, "Eretz Nehederet," has tackled issues regarding the war with what the director calls an "old Jewish secret: laughing in the face of death."
Life of Jewish-American comedian Albert Brooks shown in new documentary
If you know Albert Brooks and his comedy, you’ll be eager to see this movie, and if you’re not familiar with him, this is a great way to find out who he is.
An all-Jewish, all-queer lineup of comedians takes the stage at New York Comedy Festival
Catch Big Yenta Energy with Raye Schiller at Club Cumming on Nov. 8 at 9:30 p.m. Tickets start at $12.
BBC parody skit slams anti-Israel bias, goes viral
Yuval Semmo, playing a BBC reporter, says he is reporting from the “illegal colony of Tel Aviv" and praises Hamas as “the most credible not terrorist organization in the world.”
Variety to hold Hollywood summit on antisemitism with the stars
Variety will also publish a series of online essays in conjunction with the event, including writings by Maron, Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, Beanie Feldstein, Mayim Bialik.
Sukkot homecoming for Israeli-born comic Modi
The shows will raise money for the Koby Mandell Foundation, the largest provider of emotional support services via multifaceted therapeutic programs for the thousands of bereaved Israelis.
Adam Sandler’s ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ is hit -review
"Well, welcome to being an adult. And welcome to being Jewish. We don’t get breaks.”
Jewish jokes about food: Humor about what all Jews agree about - opinion
One thing we can all agree about is that Jews love food. And we love a joke, so no surprise that there are many Jewish jokes around this topic.
This woman moved to Jerusalem and clowns around at hospitals
Leah Yerushalmi uses puns, word games, quizzes, and inventive stories – each week on a different theme – to distract the patients from their worries and pain.
