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Throwback Thursday Musical Showcase: Ed Ames Sings "Son of a Travelin' Man"...
Ed Ames (Edmund Urick) (1927-2023) was a pop singer and actor. He was also part of the popular 1950s singing group with his siblings, the Ames Brothers.Best known for his singing career with three of...
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Welcoming Shabbat with V'Shamru (Sephardic-Turkish Style) by Rabbi Jacob Agar...
Last year Cantor Jacob Agar, the cantor of Congregation Beth Sholom in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, sang V'Shamru to the tune of Uskudara, a traditional Sephardic Turkish melody. The synagogue, also...
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Hava Nagila Around the World - A New Performance in Jaroslaw, Poland
One of the joys of posting videos on Jewish Humor Central is discovering new versions of traditional Jewish and Hebrew songs as they are performed around the world, often in unexpected places.Since we...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "The Rabbi and the Lottery"
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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Laughter Among the Tears: Standup Comedian Modi Rosenfeld Finds a Funny Angle...
The war started by Hamas when they invaded Israel on October 7 of last year was only a few days old when Jewish groups, including synagogues, JCCs, and just small groups of Jews embarked on trips to...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Selling Fake Dirt Made From Garbage -- A...
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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Israeli Standup Comedian Yohay Sponder Explains the Mess in Israel Now
Social media sensation Yohay Sponder has gone viral with his charming and unapologetic comments on Jews in general, Israeli Jews specifically, and overall audience interaction on topics ranging from...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Eishet Chayil by The Shvesters
The Shvesters (Chava Levi and Polina Fradkin) are a Yiddish vocal duo hailing originally from Detroit, Michigan. They gained a reputation on social media for their perfectly synchronized voices (and...
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Chassidic Singer Shulem Lemmer Sings Frank Sinatra's Hit "My Way" in Tel Aviv
We've become big fans of Shulem Lemmer after spending a Shabbat with him in Delray Beach a couple of years ago when he was the star of a concert at Anshei Emuna Congregation.Shulem Lemmer, known...
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A Joke to Start the Week: Crimes and Punishment
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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Yiddish Isn't the Only Jewish Language....There are at Least Five Others
You might know about Yiddish, but have you come across other Jewish languages like Ladino, Aramaic, Judeo-Persian, Judeo-Arabic, and several more that are spoken across the Diaspora and Israel? It's...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Casino Requires Life Vests - A Candid Camera...
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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Comedian Zehavit Rosenbloom on Different Characters You May Encounter Before...
Rosh Hashanah is only two weeks away, and so we'll be sharing humor and music suited to the High Holidays between today and October 2.Today we're sharing a comedy routine by Zehavit Rosenbloom, who...
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Welcoming Shabbat With Adon Olam (to the Main Theme from Star Wars) by Cantor...
The songs we sing in the synagogue on Shabbat can be set to many different tunes and there have been many adaptations of Adon Olam, Lecha Dodi, and Ein Keiloheinu that reflect popular songs from...
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Holiday Countdown: Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus Sings a High Holidays Medley
The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus began as a musical expression of the Jewish labor movement. It was founded in 1922 as the Freiheit Gezang Farein, an outgrowth of the leftist Morgen Freiheit Yiddish...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "Priest, Minister, and Rabbi in Bar"
It's been a long time since we posted a "priest, minister, and rabbi" joke. So when we came across this one by Dr. Jay Orlikoff, we couldn't resist sharing it with you.Jay Orlikoff is a retired dentist...
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Yiddish Word of the Day - "Friday Night"
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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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Half-Baked Massage - 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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Israeli Paratrooper Rami Reuveni Branches Out to Standup Comedy
Rami Reuveni is a former Israeli paratrooper who participated in numerous military operations, served as a reservist during the Gaza war, and has spent the last 13 years working as a tour guide in...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Adon Olam by Trio Mandili, Georgian Folk Group
Tonight we welcome Shabbat with Adon Olam, as sung by Georgia (the country, not the state) folk group Trio Mandili. The trio have been very supportive of Israel during this difficult year.As reported...
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