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Welcoming Shabbat with Adon Olam by Eli Schwebel at King David's Crown in...
Eli Schwebel is a Brooklyn based recording artist and producer with Jewish music running through his veins.Schwebel spearheaded the renaissance of Jewish a cappella music, as well as creating a vocally...
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Annie Korzen, Comedian and Seinfeld Veteran, Publishes Funny Memoir
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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A Joke to Start the Week: A Jew, a Hindu, and a Politician
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 Word of the Day: The Sourpuss
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 Showcase: Plant Sitter -- 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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Throwback Thursday Musical Showcase: Lainie Kazan Sings "What Now My Love" on...
It's another Throwback Thursday and today we're turning the clock back 58 years to 1966 when Lainie Kazan appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show to sing What Now My Love. Kazan was born Lainie Levine in...
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Welcoming Shabbat with The Miami Boys Choir Singing Adon Olam
The Miami Boys Choir experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2022, owing to the establishment of a TikTok account that posts clips of the group performing. One clip, a recording of 4 soloists...
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Remembering Richard Lewis, Master of Dark, Neurotic Comedy
Comedian Richard Lewis, who parlayed his neurotic Jewish personality and self-deprecating humor into a 50-year career as a standup comedian and actor, died last Wednesday. He was 76. As Andrew...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "The Facts of Life"
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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It's Tuesday, But Let's Go to Tel Aviv for Funny Monday -- Israeli Standup...
Comedians Yohay Sponder and Shahar Hason got their start as comedians in Israel catering exclusively to Hebrew-speaking audiences. As the two became more and more well-known to Hebrew speakers...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Movie Madness - 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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Throwback Thursday Musical Showcase: Jan Peerce Sings "Because" on the Ed...
Today we're turning the calendar way way back 72 years to 1952 when Jan Peerce appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show to sing Because, a song that was a regular part of most weddings.Peerce, who was born...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Shalom Aleichem Sung by The Shalva Band
The song Shalom Aleichem is traditionally sung in many Jewish households, and asks the angels to protect us and bless us with peace. The Shalva Band has brought together Israeli communities in the...
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Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Hava Nagila Performance in Georgia
Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, Russia to the north and northeast, Turkey to the...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "The Speaker"
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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Catskill Comedy Special: "Ten Cents a Bagel" Yiddish Sketch From "Catskill...
Catskill Honeymoon is a raucous marriage ceremony between Yiddish-American cinema and the Borscht Belt. Billed as a “Yiddish-American Musical Revue,” it was one of the very last Yiddish-language films...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Showcase: Office Managers Buy Expensive Stupid Tech...
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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Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Allan Sherman's "A Waste of Money" Parody...
One year ago we posted a video clip of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass performing their 1965 hit A Taste of Honey. Today we were going through a collection of parody songs by Allan Sherman and came...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Lecha Dodi as Sung in the Shtetl of Mszana Dolna, Poland
Mszana Dolna is a town in Poland, with 7,431 inhabitants. Mszana Dolna lies 50 kilometers south of Kraków. The town is located in a deep valley, surrounded by several ranges, including the Gorce...
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10 IDF Couples Get Married in Mass Wedding Ceremony in Savion, Israel
Last week in the Israeli town of Savyon, ten couples stood underneath their wedding canopies, which were lined up side by side on a large stage. 1,500 guests looked on as the brides and grooms took...
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