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Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Tisha B'Av Lamentation Becomes Popular...
Today is Tisha B'Av, an annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and the subsequent exile of the Jews from the Land of Israel to...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: A Plumber's Nightmare on Candid Camera in 1963
Candid Camera was a popular and long-running American hidden camera reality television series. Versions of the show appeared on television from 1948 until 2014. Originally created and produced by Allen...
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Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Billy Crystal as Howard Cosell's Mother on...
Sports announcer Howard Cosell hosted Saturday Night Live on April 13, 1985. Hosts on the show typically were included in comedy skits featuring their roles in the entertainment industry, and this one...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Adon Olam by Cantor Orly Campbell at Temple Sinai in...
Orly Campbell graduated with a B.A., emphasis in Vocal Arts at California State University of Northridge in 2006. Prior to Orly beginning her journey at the Academy for Jewish Religion California...
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Israel's Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Wins Silver Medal at Paris 2024 Olympics
Israel added yet another medal to their impressive haul at the Paris Olympics as the Rhythmic Gymnastics Team captured silver for the nation’s 7th medal with a terrific performance in the Group...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "Where We Come From"
It's another Monday and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today we're sharing a joke by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (YY) Jacobson, one of America's premier Jewish scholars in Torah and Jewish...
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Comedian and Story Teller Annie Korzen on Food and Jewish Women
If there's anyone who knows how to make an audience laugh, it's Annie Korzen, a writer, actress, and performer who has appeared on Seinfeld and other TV shows, and was a regular on Old Jews Telling...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Pedestrian Horn - A Candid Camera Classic
Candid Camera was a popular and long-running American hidden camera reality television series. Versions of the show appeared on television from 1948 until 2014. Originally created and produced by Allen...
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"Between the Temples", a New Jewish Comedy Film, Comes to Theaters Tomorrow
Between the Temples, a new very Jewish comedy film starring Carol Kane, Jason Schwartzman, and Robert Smigel, arrives in theaters tomorrow, August 23.As Stephen Silver wrote for the Jewish Telegraphic...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Oseh Shalom (Danny Boy) by Cantor Lauren Phillips...
Tonight we welcome Shabbat with an Irish twist -- Oseh Shalom sung to the melody of Danny Boy by Cantor Laura Phillips Fogelman of Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown, New York. A native of New York,...
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Hava Nagila Around the World - Quaker City String Band at Celebrate Israel...
We've been collecting and posting many performances of Hava Nagila from around the world, 122 as of last count. But sometimes we miss a performance and find it at a later date.That's what happened...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "Marriage Counselor"
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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A Satiric Look at the Story of Korach - by "Hayehudim Ba'im --- The Jews are...
In 2014 Israeli satire on TV took a bold step forward with the airing of a new series of sketches called HaYehudim Ba'im (The Jews Are Coming).Written by Natalie Marcus and Asaf Beiser, the show asks...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: "What's in a Kiss? A Candid Camera Flashback...
Candid Camera was a popular and long-running American hidden camera reality television series. Versions of the show appeared on television from 1948 until 2014. Originally created and produced by Allen...
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Throwback Thursday Comedy Showcase: Rick Moranis as Jackie Mason on Saturday...
Remember Rick Moranis? The funny guy who made us laugh in Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors, Spaceballs, and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? He retired from the film industry in 1997.In 1997, Moranis...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Yedid Nefesh by Happie Hoffman and Rabbi Joshua Katzan
Mishkon Tephilo's historic landmark building on Main Street in Venice, California houses a beautiful synagogue that warmly embraces interfaith families and converts to Judaism. People notice its...
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Yiddish Word of the Day - "Work"
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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A Joke to Start the Week - "50th Anniversary"
It's another Monday and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today we're sharing a joke by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (YY) Jacobson, one of America's premier Jewish scholars in Torah and Jewish...
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Sampling 10 Weirdest Hasidic Foods with Frieda Vizel, Brooklyn Tour Guide
Today we are joining Frieda Vizel, a former member of the Satmar Hasidic community who conducts tours of Hasidic neighborhoods in Brooklyn. In this video she goes looking for the most exotic foods...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Price Check Hell (A Candid Camera Classic)
Candid Camera was an American hidden camera/practical joke reality television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as The Candid Microphone on June 28, 1947. After...
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