Satire

Secret Handshake art collective mocks Trump with National Mall installation

A plaque says the trophy recognizes Trump’s “enthusiastic involvement in the Iran War” and his “courage to participate regardless of the final score.”

An "Iran war participation trophy" installation, placed by the protest group The Secret Handshake, is seen on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 13, 2026.
(L-R) Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump attend the Michael Rubin REFORM Alliance Casino Night Event on September 13, 2025 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Aliyah org. challenges Trump, Ivanka, Kushner: Move to Israel, show Iran deal worth it - exclusive

HOLD ON to your turbans: Trump has threatened to take on a Persian diet and eat kotlet every day.

The deal of the millennia: Like acne, peace is breaking out across the Middle East - opinion

Rejoice! New immigrants now have more native bureaucracy to make them feel at home.

Purim Shpiel: Israel adds 300 new forms to aliyah process


Israel's Smotrich joins in on mirth surrounding his English in the US

Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich delivered his first ever speech in English in the US this week and had trouble pronouncing some words.

 BEZALEL SMOTRICH – facing global and Israeli outrage, he is trying to whitewash his tracks by making ludicrous claims that he meant something entirely different than what he said, according to the writer.

Shin Bet and Mossad set up Valentine's Day date

The conversation begins with the Shin Bet asking the Mossad out on a Valentine's Day date. Planning the date, however, proves complicated. 

Mishi Valentine's Day chocolates

GOAT tops the 2023 banished words list

The survey received over 1,500 entries of words and terms that should be banished for misuse, overuse and uselessness. 

 Random words.

The woke truth about the Maccabees - opinion

Jews in Palestine, fighting Greeks. What nonsense! As is well known, at that period of time, the Jews were in Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, busily inventing communism and capitalism.

 HANUKKAH IS marked in Dubai, UAE, in 2020, a few months after the signing of the Abraham Accords.

Unkosher weapon: 'LARD missile' mistakenly promoted by Israel

A pigheaded mistake was made when the IDF called a naval interceptor "LARD" instead of "LRAD."

 A new LRAD interceptor is launched from a Sa'ar 6-class corvette.

My Word: What’s happened to Winnie-the-Pooh and the world

The Frake-Waterfield version could be called (or spelled) Winnie-the-S**t. The bear who is always “rumbly” in his “tumbly,” is causing a very different type of stomach ache.

 VISITORS WEARING face masks and Winnie-the-Pooh costumes are seen outside Tokyo Disneyland in  February 2020. The affable bear is being turned into a serial killer now that Disney no longer controls the rights.

First Israeli Comedy Festival celebrates satirist Ephraim Kishon

The festival, initiated by the Incubator Theater and members of the Kishon family, is due to run at seven venues across Jerusalem from August 21-27.

 EPHRAIM KISHON achieved global fame for his literary, theatrical and cinematic work.

Joshua Cohen takes on ‘The Netanyahus’ in Pulitzer-winning work

The Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer is one of the big names at this year’s Writers Festival.

 AMERICAN AUTHOR Joshua Cohen discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning book ‘The Netanyahus’ at the festival.

Joshua Cohen’s satirical novel ‘The Netanyahus’ wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Reviews were largely positive for the novel; The Guardian called it “a comic historical fantasia."

 American author Joshua Cohen is seen at the Coop Ambasciatori bookshop in Bologna, Italy, September 5, 2019.

Jewish Teaneck, NJ paper apologizes for joke on IDF shooting Palestinians

The article in question played on the term "shot" also being used for the COVID-19 vaccine, and was published as part of the Purim satire section.

A Palestinian worker is given the coronavirus vaccine by Magen David Adom.