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A Joke to Start the Week - "A Full Conversion"
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 Seven Week Online Series "Is Anything Okay? The History of Jewish Comedy in...
From the earliest jokes told on the Lower East Side to the comedy routines honed in the Catskills, Ashkenazi Jews developed radically new forms of comedic output in the 20th century. On film and...
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A Star Wars Video for Purim - Return of the Jewdi by Temple Beth Shalom -...
Purim is only four days away, so it's time to share some new funny Purim content. It's traditional to have funny Purim plays (Purimshpiel) to accompany the megillah reading, which this year occurs on...
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Purim Comedy Special: Stand-up Comedian Elon Gold on Purim
We've been following Elon Gold and posting some of his shtick on Jewish Humor Central for the last 12 years. Elon is an American comedian, television actor, writer and producer. He starred in the...
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Welcoming Shabbat with V'Shamru at Sinagoga Shalom in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Today we join the Sinagoga Shalom in Sao Paulo's Shalom Community to welcome Shabbat in a Kabbalat Shabbat service with the singing of V'Shamru.The fundamental objective of the Shalom Community in Sao...
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Happy Purim! Join Us in Celebrating with a Purim Song in Yiddish by Litvakus
Renowned Eastern European clarinetist, pianist, and composer Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch presents a uniquely thrilling klezmer experience with his new quintet Litvakus, which brings to soaring life the...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "Waffles and Spaghetti"
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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An English Version of Hatikvah with Current IDF Footage from Israel
We have posted many versions of Hatikvah, Israel's national anthem over the years, but this is the first one in English, an exact translation of the Hebrew words.The English words are shown over video...
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Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Cosmetic Surgeon for Dogs - 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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Hasidic Comedian Mendy Pellin Reflects on His Comedic Roots in a...
Mendy Pellin is our favorite Chasidic comedian. We've been running his shtick for 14 years, and he keeps inventing new routines, from his Mendy Report on Chabad TV to the comedy midrash he created on...
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Welcoming Shabbat with Adon Olam by Kedma: The Rising Song Piyyut Project
Kedmah is an ensemble of musicians and prayer leaders excavating the power and beauty of Mizrahi Jewish expression through ancient poetry and song. Their debut album, Simu Lev, is currently in...
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Yiddish Word of the Day - "Eclipses and Other Celestial Events"
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 - "Perlmutter Makes a Big Sale"
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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Modi Rosenfeld at the 92nd Street Y - "How I Became a Comedian"
In a special interview in February at the 92nd Street Y, we step into the world of stand-up comedian Modi who is joined by author, comedian, and co-host of his podcast, Periel Aschenbrand as they...
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Remembering Steve Lawrence, Nightclub, TV, Recording Star and Actor for More...
Steve Lawrence, who was born Sidney Liebowitz on July 8, 1935 and enjoyed a 50 year performing career, died on March 7 in Los Angeles of complications of Alzheimer's disease.The son of a cantor at the...
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Comedy Special: Modi Rosenfeld on Easter and Passover
Modi Rosenfeld is one of our favorite young comedians and we've posted many of his stand-up comedy routines and skits. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, Modi Rosenfeld moved to New York City with his family...
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Welcoming Shabbat with V'Shamru at Hamakom Synagogue in Los Angeles
Cantorial Soloist Jenni Asher leads the V'shamru prayer at the Zamru Musical Kabbalat Shabbat service at the Hamakom Synagogue in Los Angeles on March 1, 2024. Hamakom is a center of Jewish life that...
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Comedian and Actor Michael Rapaport Skewers Hollywood and Oscars in Eretz...
Last month comedian and actor Michael Rapaport appeared on Israeli TV in Eretz Nehederet (sometimes known as Israel's Saturday Night Live) in an English language skit satirizing the hypocrisy of...
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A Joke to Start the Week - "Psychotics, Neurotics, and Psychiatrists"
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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CNN Anchor Jake Tapper Talks About Passover and a One Man Seder in Ukraine
In a recent interview with Stephen Colbert, CNN anchor Jake Tapper reminisced about his trip to Ukraine where he interviewed president Vlodomyr Zelenskyy and gave him a box of matzot for...
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