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British Jewish comedian Zach Margs will perform stand-up at JCC of San Francisco on April 27. (Courtesy)
Posted inComedy

‘Laugh Through the Heartbreak’ at this Jewish comedy show in S.F.

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 17, 2026April 17, 2026

Sometimes all you can do is either laugh or cry. “Laugh Through the Heartbreak,” a Jewish comedy showcase coming soon to the JCC of San Francisco, would prefer the former. […]

From left, Pearl E. Gates, "Weird Al" Yankovic and Pickles Kintaro talk backstage at a Weird Al concert. (Courtesy SF IndieFest)
Posted inFilm

This ‘Weird Al’ burlesque show becomes an unlikely path to healing

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 2, 2026February 4, 2026
Fred Brill
Posted inOn Stage

Monthly ‘story slam’ in S.F. opens the door to ‘The Jew in You’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 20, 2025November 21, 2025
Rob Kutner's book "The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting" is published by Wicked Sons. (Courtesy)
Posted inOn Stage

Comedy writer Rob Kutner romps through 5,000 years of Jewish history

by Dan Pine November 18, 2025November 18, 2025
Comedian Modi Rosenfeld is coming to San Francisco. (Daniel Landesman)
Posted inComedy

S.F. has ‘Moshiach energy,’ says gay Orthodox comedian Modi Rosenfeld

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 7, 2025November 17, 2025
On stage, Gianmarco Soresi jokes about being the son of a Jewish mother and an Italian Catholic father. (Dalvin Nichols)
Posted inComedy

Gianmarco Soresi mines his Jewish-Italian background for laughs

by Steve North September 15, 2025September 15, 2025
Moshe Kasher (Photo/Messica)
Posted inBooks

Oakland-raised comedian Moshe Kasher explores the cultures that shaped him in memoir

by Aaron Howard June 25, 2024June 25, 2024
Jerry Seinfeld performing in 2019. (Photo/Ralph_PH via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
Posted inComedy

In Seinfeld’s new anti-woke kvetch, a tale of two Pop-Tart jokes

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar April 29, 2024
“Eretz Nehederet,” a satirical TV show in Israel, mocked far-left American student activists in a recent English-language video. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inComedy

Comedians defend Israel the best way they know how: Make ’em laugh

by Amy Klein November 17, 2023
Comedian Alex Edelman finds humor in hate in his solo show "Just for Us," which closed on Broadway in August and comes to San Francisco this month. (Photo/Matthew Murphy)
Posted inComedy

‘Just for Us’: Comedian Alex Edelman’s Broadway show about his run-in with neo-Nazis comes to S.F.

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz October 5, 2023October 6, 2023

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