In 'The Last Jewish Joke,' eminent Parisian sociologist Michel Wieviorka laments the passing of an era in Jewish humor.

The show has a “deep sense of certain kinds of Jewish language and knowledge that is sometimes absent in some treatments of U ...

Jewish humor and Jewish theology share something in common. I can think of any number of jokes whose punch lines say something profound about God (“Work with me here — buy a ticket!”). And we need ...

In these times of economic stress, the suffering of the Jew is as keen as that of any other representative class of population. Yet in searching through the storehouse of his rich past, he may still ...

Dick Wolfsie, the Indianapolis humorist from radio, TV and newspapers, will try something new on Aug. 18 by stepping onto the stage at IndyFringe to perform a one-man show: "The Art of the Jewish Joke ...

Mordechi Rosenfeld, known as Modi, already has the synagogue crowd. Now he wants the “Goyim, gays and theys,” too.

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The badkhn was a staple in East European Jewish life for three centuries, mocking brides and grooms at their weddings. He also was in charge of Purim spiels in shtetl society.His humor was biting, ...

On Sept. 14, Rabbi Igael Gurin-Malous, the senior rabbi at Beit T’Shuvah in Los Angeles, who goes by Rabbi Iggy, led a ceremony blending queer elements with Ashkenazi and Persian traditions, before ...

“Comedians like George Jessel and Eddie Cantor are only vaudeville types,” said Irving Davidson, Brooklyn, in his talk on “Jewish Humor” at the Shaarhe Torah Temple. “Their presentation is Judaic but ...

HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 2: (L to R) Actors Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie and Carl Reiner from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" accept their Legend Award during the TV Land Awards 2003 at the Hollywood ...