Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Netanyahu to Run for U.S. Presidency; Bush, Walker, Cruz, Paul to Run for Knesset

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This year Purim starts with the reading of Megillat Esther tonight, March 4. It is read again tomorrow morning, March 5. We wish a Happy Pur...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

A Funny Retelling of the Purim Story by the Glickman Family

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Jeff and Ilana Glickman have been producing slick Purim shpiels for the past six years. Every Purim they post a short film filled with pa...
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Monday, March 2, 2015

A Joke to Start the Week - "Abie's Trip to Texas"

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Today we're back from a month in South Florida doing lectures and comedy programs in Deerfield Beach for the third year in a row...
Sunday, March 1, 2015

Remembering Leonard Nimoy and the Jewishness of Star Trek

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Leonard Nimoy, the actor who created the role of Spock, the half-human, half-Vulcan on Star Trek, passed away on Friday at the age of 83....
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Friday, February 27, 2015

A Shabbat Greeting: Lecha Dodi in the Style of John Legend's "All of Me"

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Sometimes a song takes flight and "goes viral" with millions of viewers playing it over and over. And sometimes a Jewish arti...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Hundreds of Families Gather in Williamsburg for Pre-Purim Party to Benefit Sick Children

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Hundreds of families came together this week in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg for a special pre-Purim party. It was sponsored...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Jokes in the Spirit of Purim From Minnetonka, Minnesota

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In the spirit of Purim, a group of congregants and staff of Congregation Adath Jeshurun, a Conservative congregation with 1200 members, b...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Shushan Funk - A Purim Parody of Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars

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With Purim only nine days away, we're rolling out the Purim videos just as fast as they come in.  Today we're posting a parody ...
Monday, February 23, 2015

A Joke to Start the Week - "The Rabbi and the Frog"

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It's another Monday morning and it's time to start another week with a joke. This one's a short one, so if you look away for ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015

It's Adar - Time to be Happy - Here Come the Purim Videos

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The Jewish month of Adar started a couple of days ago, and as the saying goes, Mishenichnas Adar Marbim b'Simcha - When Adar arrives,...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Hava Nagila Around the World: Gypsy Philharmonic Orchestra in Budapest, Hungary

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You'd think that with the 48 versions of Hava Nagila that we've posted here, we would be satisfied and stop looking for more. ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

A Bissel of Food from Seniors in Melbourne, Australia

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The word bissel means "a little bit" in Yiddish. "A Bissel Of..." is a new series of short videos featuring residen...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

How Decisions Were Made on the Kibbutz - From the Israeli Satiric TV Show "The Jews are Coming""

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  One of the characteristics of the Israeli kibbutz was the collective nature of decisions that affected the daily functioning of the com...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Comedy Down Memory Lane: Shelley Berman on the Telephone

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Comedian Shelley Berman is celebrating his 90th birthday this month. To mark the occasion, we're sharing one of his classic improvisa...
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Monday, February 16, 2015

A Joke to Start the Week - "New York Athletic Club"

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With winter cold continuing to sweep across the northeastern US, there's more of a need than ever to warm things up with a joke to st...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Israeli Sketch Comedy: Two Mothers Meet in the Park

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  Israeli humor isn't quite the same as American humor.  For one thing, political and cultural correctness doesn't get top pr...
Friday, February 13, 2015

"Welcome to Kutsher's" Updated Documentary Film to Open in South Florida on Feb. 20

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Welcome to Kutsher's , an award-winning film documenting the Borscht Belt experience at the last surviving Catskills hotel, has been ...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

"The Doctors" TV Talk Show Focuses on Chicken Soup as "Jewish Penicillin"

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As record cold and snow sweeps across the northeastern USA, more people are turning to a traditional medication to combat colds and the f...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Comedy Flashback: Yakov Smirnoff on Differences Between Men and Women

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Yakov Smirnoff, the Soviet-born American Jewish comedian, actor and writer, was a big name on the comedy circuit after emigrating to th...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Dating Advice From Bubbes and Zaydes at the Los Angeles Jewish Home

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When it comes to sage advice, we often turn to the seniors at the Los Angeles Jewish Home who have "been there, done that" in m...
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Monday, February 9, 2015

A Joke to Start the Week: "Sex on the Sabbath"

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It's Monday morning on the east coast of the U.S., and whether it's warm and sunny in Florida or cold and snowy in New York, it...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

Comedy Flashback: Greetings from Miami Beach

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For the month of February, Jewish Humor Central is coming to you from Miami Beach, Florida. During the month, we'll continue our mix ...
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Friday, February 6, 2015

Israeli Rabbi is Internet Business and Social Media Advisor to Google

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Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg , who looks like he stepped out of a set filming Fiddler on the Roof , has been fiddling in major corporate busine...
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