What it means to be Jewish in the U.S. has changed since the early days of Jewish comics on the Borscht Belt. We’ve assimilated, spread out across the country and the accent is fading away. You have ...

Heard the one about the Jewish stand-up comedian helping the Germans laugh about the Nazis? In 2022, American Raanan Hershberg opened for Louis CK on his European tour, and found the German audiences ...

Larry David doesn’t do podcasts. So when he agreed to appear on Elon Gold’s new “Stars of David” podcast, it felt like an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon have had their Edinburgh shows cancelled by the Whistle Binkies bar, allegedly for ‘safety reasons ...

Introduction: A joke, two definitions, seven themes, four warnings, and another joke -- What's so funny about anti-semitism? -- Not-so-nice Jewish doctors -- The wit of the Jews -- A view from the ...

There’s a lot of great Jewish comedy in this country, which Susannah Perlman discovered while performing comedy/music acts of her own. “I kept on running into really wonderful acts — comedy and music, ...

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, ...

Before there was The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was a long history of Jewish female comedians, standing up and speaking out. Although stand-up comedy is often described as a “boy’s club,” the truth ...

Jewish comedians Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon have spoken out after having their shows axed unexpectedly, believing they were withdrawn on a false pretext. Both were due to perform at the ...

Comedian Gibran Saleem had never met a Jewish person until starting his graduate studies at New York University more than a decade ago. The child of Pakistani immigrants, Saleem was raised in a Muslim ...