The Jewish Exponent

Allan Sherman (‘Hello Muddah’) Gets Concert Treatment at Weitzman

Allan Sherman achieved national fame in the 1960s with parody songs. (Photo credit: Sid Avery) Allan Sherman was a Jewish American comedy legend who earned fame as a song parodist throughout the 1960s ...
The New York Times

Is the Golden Era of Jewish Comedy Coming to an End?

Not so fast. A new special from Raanan Hershberg shows how charged times can make for funnier jokes involving anxiety over Israel, Gaza and antisemitism. By Jason Zinoman In his new YouTube special, ...
The Forward

How a new generation of comics is changing the face of Jewish comedy — and Judaism itself

Jewish comedy is, of course, a long and vaunted tradition: Joan Rivers, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Larry David. No one had to tell audiences that they were Jewish. Sure, there was Jewish ...
The Forward

How the Yonkers-born son of Jewish immigrants became the king of American comedy

His comedic DNA is everywhere — The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, the riffs and routines of Johnny Carson and Larry David. His writers included Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon and Woody ...