comedy

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.

By YEHUDIT RESNICK
26/08/2023

Tributes and laughs at 2nd Israeli Comedy Festival

The extensive agenda comprises over 60 events that feed off the multi-stratified Israeli comedic heritage, and there are a lot of up-and-coming entertainers on the roster. 

19/08/2023

Gal Gadot spices it up over chicken wings on 'Hot Ones' YouTube show

If you have ever wondered how many hot wings Wonder Woman can eat or what performing stunts on Fast and Furious is like, now is your chance.

Alex Edelman, the summer’s hottest comedian, finds a tough Jewish crowd at a senior home

Edelman when asked by the New York Jewish Week if this was his toughest crowd yet, he said “Oh my God, yes.” 

By JULIA GERGELY/JTA
11/08/2023

At Chosen Comedy Festival in Brooklyn, comics lean into nuances of identity

“Jews are so dying to show how proud they are of being Jewish,” comedian Modi Rosenfeld told the New York Jewish Week

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
10/08/2023

What Marc Maron’s comedy special taught me about laughter and Tisha B’Av

When we celebrate the genius of Jewish humor are we mocking those who suffered without its comforts?

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
23/07/2023

‘The Hilula’ finds the laughs in ‘90s-era Israel - review

The film stars a Who’s Who of Israeli actors, including Shlomi Koriat, Orel Tsabari, Arik Mishali, Moris Cohen, Ofer Shechter, and Sharlin Haziza-Morai.

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