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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: DMV Weigh-in - 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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Comedian Larry David Discovers His Polish Jewish Roots and His Mother's Secrets
Comedian Larry David appeared on the PBS program Finding Your Roots and was shocked to discover family secrets about his notoriously tight-lipped mother – including her real name! Watch Larry’s...
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Welcoming Shabbat in Ladino with Sarah Aroeste Singing Buen Shabat
Tonight we welcome Shabbat with Buen Shabat, a lively song in the Ladino language, sung by Sarah Aroeste who, inspired by her family's Sephardic roots in N. Macedonia and Greece, has spent the last two...
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Yiddish Word of the Day: Court
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 - "Hospital Bill"
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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13 New York City Cantors Sing Hinei Ma Tov to Oklahoma's Opening Song
Last week Park Avenue Synagogue's Cantor Azi Schwartz led a group of New York City cantors in singing Hinei Ma Tov to the melody of "Oh what a beautiful mornin'", the opening song in Rodgers and...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Company Implements Formal Friday and Wacky...
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Throwback Thursday Musical Showcase: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme Sing a...
It's another Throwback Thursday, so come with us on a nostalgia trip back to 1970 when Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show to sing a medley of love songs by the...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Lecha Dodi by Student Cantor Iris Karlin at Temple...
Iris Karlin, a native Israeli, is an internationally acclaimed soprano, song leader, worship leader, director, conductor, composer, and educator.Iris started her musical path as a pianist and flutist,...
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Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Hava Nagila with Full Band in Slovenia
We continue to be amazed by the number of countries where Hava Nagila has been performed. This is the 121st rendition of the popular Hebrew song that we've posted since starting Jewish Humor Central in...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "Successful Therapy"
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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Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Malawi Men's Choir Pays Tribute to Gaza...
In a video published to the X account of the Israel Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, a Christian men's choir, named ACA for Him, from Malawi in East Africa, sings the song "Home" in Hebrew, while calling...
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A Yiddish Word for Valentine's Day: Love
Because today is Valentine's Day, we think it's appropriate to share the Yiddish word for love, and some expressions involving love.There always have been mixed feelings in the Jewish world about...
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Throwback Thursday Musical Showcase: The Barry Sisters Sing "King of the...
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 Adon Olam by the David Ricky Quartet
David Ricky is a South African singer musician based in Cape Town. Born in Pretoria into a musical family where music was just as important as food. He grew up listening to the likes of Franco Corelli,...
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Comedy Showcase: Classic Courtroom Jokes in Translation from Yiddish by...
Emil Cohen (1911-2000) was an American comedian, humorist and entertainer. He was billed as "America's Foremost American Jewish Humorist". He frequently performed at the Grossinger Hotel in Liberty,...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "Dorothy is Getting Married"
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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Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
One hundred years ago this month, George Gershwin composed Rhapsody in Blue. The rhapsody is one of Gershwin's most recognizable creations and a key composition that defined the Jazz Age.Gershwin's...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Rising Restaurant Table - A Candid Camera...
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Throwback Thursday Comedy Showcase: Arte Johnson Teaches Jack Benny How to...
In October 1964 Jack Benny was telling a joke on The Jack Benny Program. In the middle of the joke he was interrupted by the operator of the show's sound boom, telling him that he wasn't telling it...
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