Is the Golden Era of Jewish Comedy Coming to an End?

Not so fast. A new special from Raanan Hershberg shows how charged times can make for funnier jokes involving anxiety over ...
Publishers Weekly

The Purpose and Power of Jewish Humor: PW Talks with the Editors of ‘Wit Happens’

Scholars Jennifer Caplan, Jarrod Tanny, and Avinoam Patt discuss Jewish humor and satire as a global phenomenon as well as a historic strategy by an often-threatened minority for coping with difficult ...
The Jewish Exponent

‘Funny Girl’ Tour Casts Non-Jewish Actor as Fanny Brice, Reigniting ‘Jewface’ Criticism

The announcement last week that Katerina McCrimmon would star as Fanny Brice in the national tour of “Funny Girl,” the Broadway musical about a trailblazing Jewish comedian, has ignited criticism from ...
The Jewish Exponent

‘Funny Girl,’ One of the Most Jewish Broadway Musicals, Heads to Philadelphia

“Funny Girl” may be the most Jewish Broadway musical this side of “Fiddler on the Roof.” And like “Fiddler,” it debuted on Broadway 60 years ago, in 1964. The touring production of “Funny Girl” is ...
Washington Examiner

Funny, But I Do Look Jewish

FUNNY, BUT I DO LOOK JEWISH, at least to myself, and more and more so as the years go by. I’m fairly sure I didn’t always look Jewish, not when I was a boy, or possibly even when a young man, though I ...
Jewish Journal

Alan Silberberg: “The Bagel Who Wanted Everything,” Food Cartoons and the Comfort Zone

Alan Silberberg is an award-winning author, cartoonist and children’s TV creator, whose latest book is “The Bagel Who Wanted Everything.” This funny, heart-warming story of a plain bagel’s quest to be ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

‘Funny Girl’ national tour casts non-Jewish actor as Fanny Brice, reigniting ‘Jewface’ criticism

Some Jewish performers and their allies in the theater community say the production had advertised itself as “specifically seeking actors of Jewish heritage.” (JTA) — The announcement this week that ...