Yahoo

How Jewish comedians are helping keep hope alive post-October 7

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 ...
Jewish Journal

2 authors, 2 takes on Jewish humor and theology

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 ...
Capital Public Radio

'Let There Be Laughter': Modern Jewish Jokes Poke At Assimilation

Michael Krasny's new book is called Let There Be Laughter. He tells NPR's Scott Simon about this treasury of great Jewish jokes, and why they matter. Michael Krasny joins us now from his studios at ...
The Indianapolis Star

Dissecting Jewish jokes with Dick Wolfsie

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 ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Jewish Sense of Humor

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 ...
Marin Independent Journal

Michael Krasny’s new book of Jewish humor

Michael Krasny is having a moment. Maybe because the country is in such a dark place right now, everybody wants to talk to him about his new book, “Let There be Laughter: A Treasury of Great Jewish ...
Jewish Journal

It’s funny what you can learn from Jewish humor

Jokes are no joke. Freud himself and countless other scholars have studied jokes as artifacts of human civilization and embodiments of theology, philosophy and morality. And that’s exactly what ...
The Forward

The End of Jewish Humor

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. Uh oh. Judaism ...
LAist

KQED’s Michael Krasny on Jewish humor

KQED’s “FORUM” host Michael Krasny is a familiar voice for news on current events, business, tech, culture and more – but he’s also a master of Jewish humor. Krasny’s new book “Let There Be Laughter: ...
Connecticut Post

Funny Jews: UConn class looks at the history of Jewish humor

Avinoam Patt warns students at the outset that his class on Jewish humor may be entertaining, but it won’t always be funny. Jokes are seldom humorous when you try to explain them, Patt acknowledged, ...
The News-Times

Did you hear the one about the Jewish humor talk?

Henny Youngman. Lenny Bruce. Woody Allen. Mel Brooks. Jerry Seinfeld. Larry David. All Jewish. All funny. If you want examples - and some answers as to how and why - go see Joel Levitt on Jan. 14 at ...