Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sholom Aleichem Comes Alive at National Yiddish Theater

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The world of Sholom Aleichem comes alive this week at the National Yiddish Theater - Folksbiene in New York City, in a new show, Laughter T...
Friday, November 6, 2009

Golden Classic Film: The Frisco Kid

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We were amazed to find that not everyone has seen The Frisco Kid , probably the funniest Jewish film ever made. This gem, starring Gene Wil...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

A Joke to Start Your Day: The Jewish Talking Dog

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Sol visits Dr. Bloom, the veterinarian, and says, "My dog has a problem." Dr. Bloom says, "So, tell me about the dog and the...
Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Hava Nagila, Texas Style

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Christians United for Israel (CUFI) has held 95 Nights to Honor Israel in cities all across America since February 2006. The evenings attr...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

From Our Classic Gold Joke Collection: The Most Sexist Jewish Birth Announcements

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Rabbi Chaim Silberschein, of the Silberscheiner sect of Hassidim from Silberschein, Poland, is...
Monday, November 2, 2009

Pastrami on Rye With Mayo - A New Comedy

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Comedian Cory Kahaney has written a new play, Pastrami on Rye With Mayo , in which she will be starring on Wednesday, November 4 with three ...
Sunday, November 1, 2009

From Our Classic Gold Joke Collection: The Synagogue's Custom

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A young scholar from New York was invited to become Rabbi in a small old community in Chicago . On his very first Shabbat, a hot debate ...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Former Catholic, Now Chassidic Comedian in Off-Broadway Debut

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In his New York theatrical debut at the Bleecker Street Theatre starting November 11 (Previews start November 2), comedian Yisrael Campbell...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Comic Sued by Mother-in-Law to Perform Sunday in Hackensack

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Sunda Croonquist, the stand-up comic from Paterson, New Jersey who is being sued by her mother-in-law for defamation , will appear with othe...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Update: FOX Replaces Offending Billboard In B'nei B'rak; Haredi Blog Defaces Model Photo

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Facing a potential boycott from the Haredi community ( see last Thursday's blog post ,) Israel's Fox Clothing Company decided...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Classic Gold Video: West Bank Story

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Looks like it's going to be Hummus Week at Jewish Humor Central. When we blogged yesterday about the war between Lebanon and Israel ove...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Lebanon to Israel: Our Hummus Is Bigger Than Yours

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The Jerusalem Post reports that Lebanon is challenging Israel for the right to claim hummus as its own. Insisting that hummus is Lebanese a...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Welcome to the Tribe, Ivanka; Wedding Registry Includes $7 Spatula

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Mazal Tov to Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump, who will be married today to Jared Kushner at the Trump National Golf C...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Sesame Street Muppets Headed For Gaza

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Agence France-Press (AFP) has reported that Big Bird and his pals are trying hard to get access to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to talk about ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Haredi Group Considers FOX Boycott

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No, it's not FOX news, but the Israeli Fox Clothing Company, which has aroused the ire of the Haredi community in B'nei B'ra...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Classic Gold Video: Jewish "Mad Men" Parody

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It's hard to believe that this blog is less than 3 weeks old and we've already posted 24 items. If we had started it earlier, we wo...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Pastrami, Rye, Corned Beef, Knishes -- Come to the Deli Where They're So Delicious

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After months of publicity, interviews, and visits to more than 100 delis all over the United States and Europe, author David Sax is finally ...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

The Big Book of Jewish Humor: A Classic For Your Collection

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If you have a collection of books of Jewish humor in your house, you almost certainly have this one. The Big Book of Jewish Humor is one o...

92nd Street Y Presents Lecture Series on Jewish Comedians

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The 92nd Streeet Y in Manhattan has started a lecture series on Jewish comedians, focusing on Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, and Mel Brooks. Al...
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Friday, October 16, 2009

Leonard Cohen Blesses 50,000 in Israel

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75-year-old Leonard Cohen, the Canadian singer/songwriter/poet/musician/novelist/philosopher, gave a long-awaited concert last month before...

When Baseball Came to Israel

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Holy Land Hardball, a documentary film about the attempt to start a new baseball league in the Middle East, has been released as a DVD. The...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

You Give Us Four Minutes -- We'll Give You a Parsha

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G-dcast.com, the website that presents a four minute animated narrative of each of the 54 Torah portions, has completed the full cycl...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

That's Not an Etrog. This is an Etrog!!!

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OK. Sukkot is over. But here's a memento of the holiday and something to save for next year. Since this site is a repository for fun ...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Does Your Gefilte Fish Glow in the Dark?

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Gefilte fish in London are all aglow, maybe because of the spotlight on them during the month of yamim tovim that just ended Sunday night. ...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Inventions for Jewish Life, "My Zayde is So Religious That..."

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Meet Marvin Silbermintz, one of the funniest behind-the scenes comics in America. Twenty-one years ago, Jay Leno hired him to be a writer...
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Is Oil Kosher in Indiana?

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A real story from Convenience Store News today. It reminds me of finding a symbol displayed over a Circle K convenience store and gas sta...
Friday, October 9, 2009

Shtick Shift: A New Book on Jewish Humor

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In this slim volume (142 pages) Simcha Weinstein analyzes the shift in shtick (modern Jewish humor) from Jack Benny and the Marx Brothers to...

Gaza Zoo Paints Donkeys to Look Like Zebras

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Gaza City zookeepers had a problem when their two zebras died of neglect during the war between Gaza and Israel last year. So they c...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Shake That Lulav!

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Only two more days to shake your lulav. Maybe it's time to try a different shake!

Soap Box Derby with Wacky Cars Comes to Jerusalem

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Jerusalem's Sacher Park was the scene yesterday for the first Israel Soap Box Derby, sponsored by Red Bull. Wackiness was the theme of...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

A Moveable Feast -- Sukkah Pedicab in NYC

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An innovative teenage yeshiva student in Brooklyn, whose father directs a Chabad social services organization, has been pedaling a rickshaw ...

Pidyon Petter Chamor - Redeeming a Firstborn Male Donkey

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In May, 2009, two members of the Adass Yisroel congregation in Melbourne, Australia, were studying Talmud, and came across the obscure mitz...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Jewish Humor by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin

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First published in 1992, this book is a classic in the field of Jewish Humor. Rabbi Telushkin, a well-known author and authority on Jewish ...

Old Jews Telling Jokes

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Sam Hoffman, the director and writer whose parents and friends make up the cast of Old Jews Telling Jokes , has been so successful with this...

Jokes, Jokes, and Still More Jokes

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David Minkoff, author of Oy and Oy Vey, The Ultimate Books of Jewish Jokes , started collecting good (and sometimes bad) jokes long before ...

JewWalking With Simmy Kay on Manhattan's Upper West Side

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The National Jewish Outreach Program took Comedian and VH1 Field Reporter Simmy Kay to the streets of NYC for some JewWalking (not to be co...
Monday, October 5, 2009

U. S. Government Extends Sukkot to 14 Days

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We hope you're enjoying the Sukkot yom tov. Eight days not enough? Good news from the government's Transportation Security Agency ...

M.O.T. New York Times Film Critic Reviews Recent Films of Jewish Interest

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New York Times film critic A. O. Scott, revealing his status as a full-fledged M.O.T., has an interesting piece in yeterday's Arts secti...

Jewish Jokes: Oy and Oy Vey

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David Minkoff has probably compiled more Jewish jokes than anyone on the internet or in the universe. Last month his second "ultimat...
Sunday, October 4, 2009

Welcome to Jewish Humor Central

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We have been searching for Jewish humor on the Internet ever since the Internet began. You would think that with so many Jewish comedians ...