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Welcoming Shabbat with Lecha Dodi by Congregation Beth Israel of San Diego
Congregation Beth Israel is San Diego’s oldest and largest Jewish congregation with roots dating to 1861 when San Diego was a frontier settlement. Jewish pioneers first came to San Diego in 1850 and,...
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Why do Jews Eat Chinese Food on Christmas?
It's been a tradition, or better said, a common practice, for Jews to eat Chinese food on Christmas day, either by going to Chinese restaurants or buying Chinese takeout food for dinner at home.Supreme...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "Problem With the Car"
It's another Monday and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today Mickey Greenblatt is back with another good one.Marshal (Mickey) Greenblatt received degrees from Columbia (BA and BS in Flight...
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Yiddish Word of the Day: The Wedding
In 2020 the Forverts launched a daily series of short informal video clips called Yiddish Word of the Day.The series, written and narrated by Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter, aims to give non-Yiddish...
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Comedian Modi Skewers College Presidents as if They are Analyzing Talmud Text
Voted one of the top 10 comedians in New York City by The Hollywood Reporter, Modi Rosenfeld is one of the comedy circuit’s most sought after performers. Featured on HBO, CBS, NBC, ABC, Comedy Central,...
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Israeli "Saturday Night Live" Uses Satire to Give a Harry Potter Hogwarts...
Even in the midst of tragedy, a dose of humor can serve to clarify and expose hypocrisy and muddled thinking.It didn't take long for Israeli comedy writers to create satiric sketches about the...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Adon Olam Sung by Temple Kol Emeth to Chicago's "25 or...
Temple Kol Emeth, a Southern Reform congregation in suburban Atlanta, Georgia has been conducting Shabbat services with popular musical themes.We previously posted excerpts from their Beatles Shabbat,...
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Tovah Feldshuh's One Woman Show "Aging is Optional" Comes to Pompano Beach...
If you're spending January in South Florida, you'll have a unique opportunity to see the award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh in her acclaimed one-woman show Aging is Optional at the Pompano Beach...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "What Did You Learn in School Today?
It's Monday again, and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today we're sharing a joke told by Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport, also known as Rabbi Raps. Rabbi Rapoport is the spiritual Leader of the Chabad...
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Prank Call to Harvard University Asks if They Have a Terrorist Scholarship
A video of a prank call to the Harvard University admissions office, made by an Israeli comedian who pretends to be the mother of a Hamas terrorist, racked up millions of views on various platforms...
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Daniel Ahaviel, Hasidic Violinist, Performs at Kikar Hamusica in Jerusalem
We've been following the career of the amazing Hasidic Israeli fiddler Daniel Ahaviel ever since we discovered one of his early YouTube videos in 2010 and posted it on Jewish Humor Central.His fame and...
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Throwback Thursday Musical Special: The Barry Sisters Sing "All of You"
For almost half a century, from the 1930s to 1976, The Barry Sisters, Claire and Merna, were the voice of Jewish jazz in recordings, nightclub acts, and television appearances on The Jack Paar Show,...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Ana Bekoach Sung by Hila Ben David
It's Friday again and time to welcome another Shabbat. Today we're sharing a beautiful rendition of the Kabbalistic prayer Ana Bekoach.The singer is Hila Ben David. Ana Bekoach is a liturgical poem...
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Wishing You a Happy New Year (Again) with "Bashana Haba'ah" by Cantors Azi...
Here we are on another erev Rosh Hashanah (actually New Year's Eve) with wishes for all of our readers for a Happy New Year. We're lucky to have two occasions each year for sharing these good wishes,...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "Pit Bull"
It's another Monday and time for another Joke to Start the Week. This week we're posting another joke from Dr. Jay Orlikoff, a retired dentist from Centereach, New York, a community on Long Island in...
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Actor Ben Stiller Tells Actress and Game Show Host Mayim Bialik His Favorite...
Mayim Bialik is best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the 1990s NBC sitcom Blossom, as well as Amy Farrah Fowler on the CBS comedy, The Big Bang Theory, for which she garnered 2 Critics’...
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1,000 Israeli Musicians in Caesaria Homeland Concert to Bring Hostages Home
When producer Talya Yarom thought about a giant production of musicians playing and singing for the hostages held captive in Gaza, she kept thinking about bringing 1,000 musicians and singers...
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Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: The Catholic University of Korea Veritas...
We continue to be amazed by the number of countries where Hava Nagila has been performed. This is the 120th rendition of the popular Hebrew song that we've posted since starting Jewish Humor Central in...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Yismechu Sung by Cantor Yaakov Motzen
Cantor Yaakov Motzen is a native of Tel Aviv and the fifth generation of a family of Cantors. He attended the Kol Torah, Be’er Yaakov and Ponovezh yeshivot in Israel and studied music and vocal...
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Prank Call Accuses Yale University of Cultural Appropriation in Using Hebrew...
After it was announced that Yale University was removing the word "Israeli" from its menu, a prank call was made to the Yale president's office by an Israeli prankster accusing the university of...
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