Scholars Jennifer Caplan, Jarrod Tanny, and Avinoam Patt discuss Jewish humor and satire as a global phenomenon as well as a ...

John Nathan meets a writer-performer whose latest show is inspired by her encounters with Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Cohen – and being the daughter of a Shoah survivor ...

“May you live to 120” is a common Jewish blessing. This is the ideal age, the precedent set by Moses. A corresponding curse — ...

The announcement last week that Katerina McCrimmon would star as Fanny Brice in the national tour of “Funny Girl,” the Broadway musical about a trailblazing Jewish comedian, has ignited criticism from ...

Ready to watch 'Who's Afraid of Jewish Humour?' at home? Tracking down where to stream, rent, buy, or watch where to watch the Jascha Hannover directed movie can be confusing so we at Moviefone are ...

For a documentary about comedy, “Making Trouble” has a funny name. I mean “funny” as in odd, not “funny” as in, you know, hilarious — even though the film itself has lots of humor. In other words: ...

“Funny Girl” may be the most Jewish Broadway musical this side of “Fiddler on the Roof.” And like “Fiddler,” it debuted on Broadway 60 years ago, in 1964. The touring production of “Funny Girl” is ...

FUNNY, BUT I DO LOOK JEWISH, at least to myself, and more and more so as the years go by. I’m fairly sure I didn’t always look Jewish, not when I was a boy, or possibly even when a young man, though I ...

A little humor can go a long way when it comes to getting through the holiday with your family. So when you’re full of matzo, the wine has been spilled one too many times, and Aunt Gertrude keeps ...

Alan Silberberg is an award-winning author, cartoonist and children’s TV creator, whose latest book is “The Bagel Who Wanted Everything.” This funny, heart-warming story of a plain bagel’s quest to be ...

Some Jewish performers and their allies in the theater community say the production had advertised itself as “specifically seeking actors of Jewish heritage.” (JTA) — The announcement this week that ...