Yiddish comedians and experts on Yiddish comedy spoke with Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Forverts, about their work during a Zoominar organized by the Forward on Monday. Wolfe, longtime Yiddish ...

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 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 ...

On Saturday nights in Joseph Epstein’s home his family would watch the Rome-com of Sid Caesar, whose root was Ziser, not a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...