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 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 ...
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 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 ...
The American Conservative

Non-Jewish Humor

Rod Dreher quotes Terry Teachout: Teachout is reviewing a new Hope biography, by Richard Zoglin that calls Hope the “entertainer of the century.” Why is it that Hope was phenomenally popular for much ...
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 State

Survey: Being Jewish means being funny, and that’s no joke

Yoo-hoo! Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart, Larry David! No matter how unreligious you comics may be, American Jews seem proud to claim you. Well, mostly. You know the joke: Two Jews, three opinions. But ...
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 ...
Washington Examiner

Jews and Their Jokes

Citing a Pew Research Center study titled “A Portrait of Jewish Americans,” Dauber reports that “42 percent of respondents felt that ‘having a good sense of humor’ was part of ‘being Jewish in America ...
The Forward

‘The jokes were fantastic’: Jewish users reflect on their pre-Musk Twitter community

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — Two ...