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black and white photo of a woman on stage with a microphone
Posted inComedy

Kung Pao Kosher Comedy marks 30 years of Jewish Christmas in S.F.

by Dan Pine November 29, 2022December 7, 2022
Posters advertising a Netflix special by Dave Chappelle line a wall in Midtown Manhattan, April 2017. (Photo/JTA-Brecht Bug-Flickr Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Comedians are just as capable of antisemitic incitement as political figures. So let’s take Dave Chappelle seriously.

MaNishtana by MaNishtana and JTA November 21, 2022November 22, 2022
Chappelle on stage with a microphone
Posted inComedy

Dave Chappelle got one thing right in his infamous SNL monologue

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward November 16, 2022
Assi Cohen (let) and Dana Modan star in the Israeli comedy series “Significant Other.” (Photo/Courtesy ChaiFlicks)
Posted inTV & Film

Israel’s ‘best comedy’ arrives in America — with honesty, nihilism and subtitles

by Simi Horowitz and Forward November 7, 2022
Josh Gondelman in his comedy special, "People Pleaser."
Posted inOn Stage

‘Nice guy’ comedian Josh Gondelman brings shtick to S.F. on Friday

by Dan Pine November 1, 2022November 1, 2022
Actors playing Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben Gvir perform in a sketch on Eretz Nehederet, Sept. 21, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)
Posted inCulture

Springtime for who? An Israeli satirical show shatters taboos by likening Itamar Ben-Gvir to Hitler

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 28, 2022September 28, 2022
(From left) Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini AKA the El-Salomons. (Photo/Mike Bryk)
Posted inComedy

Married Jewish-Palestinian lesbian comedy duo brings ‘one-bed solution’ to Peninsula

by Dan Pine June 20, 2022June 28, 2022
Magin, comic and mentalist Jay Alexander. (Photo/Steve Marshall)
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: Sleight-of-hand artist Jay Alexander plays ‘Mind Tricks’

by Liz Harris March 30, 2022
Brosnahan as the titular Marvelous Mrs. Maisel doing stanup comedy
Posted inTV & Film

How ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ undercuts its own feminist and Jewish identity

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward March 29, 2022
Comedian Bob Saget performs at the Improv Comedy Club at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., Feb. 24, 2006. (Photo/JTA-Ralph Notaro-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Bob Saget, comedian and actor who played Danny Tanner on ‘Full House,’ dies at 65

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 10, 2022

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