Jewish humor

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

Comics use social media to mock opponents and to cope with the tensions of a bloody war.

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Did you hear the one about the Jewish comedians who set out to explain Israel?

Joel Chasnoff and Benji Lovitt have written a “next-level” guide to a country they say is misunderstood.

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What Jewish comedians made of Michael Che’s Israel joke

Comedians and pundits debate a “Weekend Update” one-liner about vaccines that watchdogs labeled anti-Semitic.

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Kvetch and the City

Blazing Saddles

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‘Blazing Saddles’ still stands as one of the great comedies — and the Mel Brooks film teaches lessons, too

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‘A Jewish Joke’ recalls when the McCarthy-era blacklist could kill a career

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Your guide to Shavuot, now with 50 percent less facts

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Israel’s Beit Hatfutsot museum gets serious about Jewish humor

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A Hilarious, Forgotten Jewish Comedian Named Stanley

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What’s So Funny About the Holocaust? This New Film Asks

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