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Here's Bernie sitting for an interview in the J. newsroom!
Posted inComedy

Bernie-in-mittens memes pop up at Bay Area Jewish locales

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 21, 2021January 22, 2021
Comedian Greg Proops will perform as part of the “Day After the Inauguration” edition of “Lockdown Comedy,” Jan. 21.
Posted inComedy

‘Lockdown Comedy’ offers post-inauguration humor from Greg Proops, others

by J. Staff January 13, 2021January 13, 2021
In Hollywood if a female Jewish character "is courageous, or she deserves love, or is altruistic in any way, she's played by a non-Jew," says comedian Sarah Silverman. (Photo/file)
Posted inComedy

Sarah Silverman on being typecast; Your new Jewish heartthrob; Haddish and Glazer go to the ‘Afterparty’; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020
Poet Jake Marmer (right) recites his poetry at LABA's DRUNK event at the JCC East Bay in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019, accompanied by guitarist John Schott. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish arts lab seeks 2021 fellows — pandemic or not

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 11, 2020November 13, 2020
Caroline Dorn (left) and Ellie Klein Goldman spent the past year and a half tweeting on their parody account about the inner workings of American synagogue life. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Dorn and Goldman)
Posted inJewish Life

Meet the formerly anonymous women behind ‘RogueShul’ Twitter

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 10, 2020November 10, 2020
Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Oct. 19, 2020. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inComedy

As Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen mocks coronavirus antisemitism conspiracy theories on Jimmy Kimmel

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 21, 2020October 21, 2020
Alex Edelman has embarked on several Jewish comedy projects during the pandemic. (Photo/JTA-Will Bremridge)
Posted inComedy

This comedian is helping rabbis nail the delivery of their High Holidays services

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA September 22, 2020September 22, 2020
"Dispatches from Quarantine" producer Tiffany Woolf (top left) introduces her sons to comic legend Carl Reiner (bottom) on a Zoom call. (Photo/Courtesy Silver Screen Studios)
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Local producer’s quarantine web series includes Carl Reiner’s final interview

by Dan Pine August 17, 2020August 17, 2020
Carl Reiner at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 3, 2017. (Photo/JTA-John Wolfsohn-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Carl Reiner, comedy legend and consummate old Jew telling jokes, dies at 98

by JTA June 30, 2020
Chloe Fineman, who grew up in the East Bay, is one of the newest members of "SNL." (Photo/Chloe Fineman-Instagram)
Posted inTV & Film

This ‘SNL’ newbie from the East Bay found her funny at Jewish summer camp

Erin Ben-Moche by Erin Ben-Moche May 14, 2020December 16, 2020

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