Clowns

This clown eats bubbles, cracks jokes to help Israeli children recover from trauma

Israel is a global leader in medical clowning, a field that has grown in need since Oct. 7.

|ByDEBORAH DANAN/JTA
Shorty, at left, is part of a thriving community of medical clowns in Israel.
Channah Appel trained to become a medical clown under the name of Channa Banana, inspired by the movie ‘Patch Adams.’

Clowning, caring, and claiming her voice: How Jerusalemite Channah Appel is making a difference

Channah Appel is using compassion, community initiatives, and quiet determination to make her mark in Israel.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM
IDF PARATROOPER Menahem Ben-Halifa – from wounded soldier to medical clown.

This is how medical clowns are helping treat post-Oct. 7 trauma

Medical clowning benefits anyone who has undergone psychological trauma – especially the kind that has caused havoc among the survivors of October 7.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A collection of clown figurines is part of the backdrop for “Clowns Like Me,” Scott Ehrenpreis’ autobiographical one-man show.

In a one-‘clown’ Off Broadway show, an actor takes the stigma out of mental illness

The New York Jewish Week talked with Ehrenpreis, 45, to hear about why this feels like the right time to tell his story, what he sees in clowns, and what he hopes audiences get out of the play. 

|ByCHAVA PEARL LANSKY/JTA

Mysterious clowns give northern Israel town a fright

Clowns were sighted on street corners and in the town's forests.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Clowns in Afula