Sunday, January 10, 2016

Indian Band Amrutam Gamaya Performs Beautiful Version of Hava Nagila

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If you think you’ve heard the most beautiful rendition of Hava Nagila, you may have to rethink it. Recently the Israeli folk song was ...
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Friday, January 8, 2016

New Selfie Music Video is Tribute to Paris Terrorism Victims

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Israeli musician Shai Barak has produced a music video, together with artists and musicians in multiple countries and languages using t...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

New Comedian Showcase: Meet Standup Comic Mike Fine

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With a sharp mix of an unpredictable demeanor, abstract observations and deadpan delivery, Mike Fine’s comedy styling is reminiscent of...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Israeli Soldier Shuffles His Way Through Basic Training

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Ron Bronstein, a 24-year-old St. Louis native enlisted in the IDF at the end of March 2012 and decided to document his transition from...
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Monday, January 4, 2016

A Joke to Start the Week - "An Unique Partnership"

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It's the first Monday of 2016, and our first opportunity to share an oldie but goodie with you. There have always been apocryphal sto...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016

Unexpected Traces in Jewish Places: Rabbi Tomer and Gypsy Lady Play on Stage and in the Streets of Jerusalem

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When we came across a rabbi and a violinist playing in the rain on a Jerusalem street two weeks ago, we pulled out our smart phone and ca...
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Friday, January 1, 2016

Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Mexico Chazzan Moshe Mendelson Sings Ein Keilokeinu With a Full Mariachi Band

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Cantor Moshe Mendelson has been the Chazzan of the Ashkenazi Kehila in Mexico City for 43 years. In this video he teams up with a full ...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015

The Great Jewish Comedians: Jerry Lewis as a Five-Year-Old Kid

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Jerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer and recording artist, film producer, screenwriter and film director and is known for h...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Non-Observant Jews Try Going Kosher for a Week

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The funny folks at Buzzfeed found six non-observant Jews who have never tried to follow kosher rules and challenged them to eat only kosh...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: National Taiwan University Chorus Performs "Fiddler on the Roof"

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This has been quite a year for Fiddler on the Roof . After celebrating its 50th anniversary in June 2014, a major revival was launched la...
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Monday, December 28, 2015

A Joke to Start the Week - "A Very Unusual Disease"

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It's the last Monday of 2015, so it's time for the last Joke to Start the Week. In 2015, that is.  Next Monday we'll be bac...
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Jerry Seinfeld Gets Personal in His Israel Show

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We got so many positive reactions to the video clip of Jerry Seinfeld's standup comedy in Tel Aviv last week that we're posting a...
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Friday, December 25, 2015

Israeli Dance Flash Mob Breaks Out at Chicago Festival

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The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival is the longest running ongoing Jewish Festival in America and the largest Jewish event in the Chicag...
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Thursday, December 24, 2015

"Old Jews Telling Jokes" Comes to New Brunswick, New Jersey

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The popular off-Broadway show Old Jews Telling Jokes , which played in New York, Chicago, Palm Beach, Coral Springs and other venues, is...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

The Great Jewish Comedians: George Jessel Tells a Joke to Make the Pope Laugh

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George Jessel (1898-1981), sometimes called "Georgie" Jessel, was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winn...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Jerry Seinfeld Brings His Standup Comedy to Tel Aviv

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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld brought his stand-up routine to Israel for the first time, as part of his world tour. Last weekend he performed f...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

A Joke to Start the Week - "Texan on a Kibbutz"

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It's Monday, another joke day, and to start this week off with a laugh, it's Mel Bleemer, our retired CPA from New Jersey once ag...
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

The Star Wars Hanukkah Song

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OK, we know that Chanukah is over, and we said we wouldn't post any more Chanukah music videos and parodies this year. But then STA...
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Friday, December 18, 2015

Jerusalem Street Comes Alive With Street Performers

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We're spending a month in Jerusalem and wanted to share some of the atmosphere with you.  Today was a rainy day, but it didn't ...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

The Great Jewish Comedians - Totie Fields on The Ed Sullivan Show

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Totie Fields was born Sophie Feldman in Hartford, Connecticut. According to Wikipedia, she started singing in Boston clubs while still in...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Funniest Jewish Film Moments: Heimish and Amish from The Frisco Kid

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The Frisco Kid starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford is one of our all-time favorite funny movies.  It has a few great Jewish film mom...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Other GI JEWS Tell Their World War II Stories

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GI JEWS: Jewish Americans in World War II , a feature-length documentary for broadcast on national public television, will tell the prof...
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Monday, December 14, 2015

A Joke to Start the Week - "Are You Jewish?"

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It's another Monday, and it's the last day of Chanukah. So do we post another Chanukah music video or our traditional Joke to Sta...
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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Israel Forever Website Features Jewish Humor Central in a Week of Chanukah Laughter

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The Israel Forever Foundation is an engagement organization that develops and promotes experiential learning opportunities to ...
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