“His style was a little bit different; he wasn’t a Borscht belt comedian, but he certainly learned from them,” director Ron Frank told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. (JTA) — When Mel Brooks was ...

Two weeks after a Trump-supporting heckler threw a beer can at Ariel Elias at a club in New Jersey over her politics, the Jewish comedian’s fortunes took a turn for the better. A video of the incident ...

(JTA) — In the 2020 comedy “Shiva Baby,” a 20-something young woman shows up at a house of Jewish mourners and gently offers her condolences. When she finds her mother in the kitchen, they chat about ...

Jewish comedians are heading upstate for a new series of performances that aims to celebrate the region’s stand-up heyday. (New York Jewish Week) – When Jewish comedian Michael Hirsch took the stage ...

To be sure, morbid symptoms were apparent for decades. Woody Allen hasn’t been funny since 1987 (Radio Days). Rodney Dangerfield is long gone. Al Franken moved from SNL to the U.S. Senate — where he ...