Scholars Jennifer Caplan, Jarrod Tanny, and Avinoam Patt discuss Jewish humor and satire as a global phenomenon as well as a ...
The comedy director reflects on Brooks’ Jewish identity, his influence on modern comedy and “Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!
Apatow and Bonfiglio’s film addresses Brooks’ first marriage, his imposter syndrome and how his insomnia and chronic lateness ...
In the weeks following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, Elon Gold couldn’t feel funny. How could the Jewish comedian, who normally performs almost every other night, crack jokes as he was still ...
On April 10, DGA members took a hilarious look at the world of comedy and Jewish humor in film from the past as the Jewish Committee (JC) hosted its inaugural event, Laughing Out Loud! Jewish Humor ...
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 ...
Israeli comic Matan Peretz is back on the performance circuit after taking a break to fight in the Gaza War -- as well as figure out how to be funny in a time of historic horror.