Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Brett Gelman to Judy Gold, how Jewish comics are keeping the Chosen People smiling. In the weeks following the Oct. 7 attack ...

You know the saying, “All roads lead to Rome?” Well, I believe that the rich history of Jewish jokes can be traced back to the Hebrew month of Adar and the holiday of Purim. That’s right — we have ...

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 ...

Is the Jewish joke on the verge of becoming extinct? The Last Jewish Joke, written by the veteran Parisian sociologist Michel Wieviorka, and newly translated into English by Cory Stockwell, argues ...

In Eli Lebowicz’s high school yearbook, there was a place where students could write the career they’d have in 10 years. He put “stand-up comedian.” He must have had some kind of prophecy, because ...

On stage last Sunday at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the comedian Alex Edelman told a Jewish joke that he said he once read in an academic journal. It essentially goes like this: A man goes to ...

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 ...

The first time comic Elon Gold met Larry David was at a 2017 panel discussion between Alan Dershowitz — famed civil liberties attorney-cum-Trump-era Martha’s Vineyard social pariah — and conservative ...

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.

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 ...