Two new podcasts by Jewish Chicagoans offer original takes on Jewish life and are using humor to help listeners become more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Brett Gelman to Judy Gold, how Jewish comics are keeping the Chosen People smiling. In the weeks following the Oct. 7 attack ...

You know the saying, “All roads lead to Rome?” Well, I believe that the rich history of Jewish jokes can be traced back to the Hebrew month of Adar and the holiday of Purim. That’s right — we have ...

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 ...

Despite twelve years of Jewish education, a gap year in Israel and membership at two Orthodox synagogues, there are a few jokes in the “Frum Tweet of the Year” bracket that I don’t get. But for the Va ...

In Eli Lebowicz’s high school yearbook, there was a place where students could write the career they’d have in 10 years. He put “stand-up comedian.” He must have had some kind of prophecy, because ...

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 ...

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.