Sunday, November 10, 2019

Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Mezinke Wedding Dance in Bulgarian Swimming Pool

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The Mezinke dance is a dance done at Ashkenazi weddings when a youngest child is married off, after all of the elder siblings are alr...
Friday, November 8, 2019

Welcoming Shabbat with Shalom Aleichem by Andrew Susman and the Megiddo Project

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Today we welcome Shabbat with Shalom Aleichem sung by Andrew Susman and his band. Andy is a Song Leader, Cantorial Soloist, and founder ...
Thursday, November 7, 2019

Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Gilda Radner as Roseanne Roseannadanna on King Tut

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Today's throwback skit goes back 40 years to 1979 when the late, great Gilda Radner was riding high on Saturday Night Live with he...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Comedy Showcase: Meet Helaine Witt, Retired Schoolteacher and Standup Comic

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Helaine Witt has been writing jokes and doing standup comedy for 32 years. She has written for Joan Rivers and other comedians, and has b...
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Comedy Showcase: Wendy Liebman Shares What It's Like Being a Woman on "America's Got Talent"

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Wendy Liebman has been performing stand-up comedy for more than 20 years. We like her style. It's mostly clean and reminds us of Rita...
Monday, November 4, 2019

A Joke to Start the Week - "Stopped by a Cop"

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In August 2012 we started a weekly feature on Jewish Humor Central -- the Monday Joke to Start the Week. We find it hard to believe that ...
Sunday, November 3, 2019

Teaching Dogs Yiddish in Central Park

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In September and again in October, the historic Yiddish organization The Workmen's Circle invited owners to bring their dogs for a...
Friday, November 1, 2019

Welcoming Shabbat with a Motown Version of Shalom Aleichem

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Every Friday we try to welcome Shabbat with a musical variation on the liturgical poems that comprise the Kabbalat Shabbat service. Over...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Sid Caesar as a Performing Seal on Your Show of Shows

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One of Sid Caesar's many talents was mastering the art of pantomime. His weekly TV program, Your Show of Show s, was the venue for Sid ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Comedy Showcase: Orthodox Comedian Ashley Blaker on Jews Wearing Baseball Hats

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Ashley Blaker is an internationally acclaimed British Orthodox comedian, seen and heard on TV and radio across the world. He has perfor...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Leonard Cohen Tribute in Yiddish: Batsheva Sings "Dance Me to the End of Love"

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In February 2017, Toronto's Beth Tzedec Congregation celebrated the life, words and music of the legendary Leonard Cohen with a Kab...
Monday, October 28, 2019

A Joke to Start the Week - "A Sudden Change"

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We were lucky to discover a collection of more jokes from the talented Toronto joke tellers who put on a performance of Jewish Folks Te...
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Sunday, October 27, 2019

Koolulam Brings 8,000 Strangers Together to Sing About Love

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The amphitheater in the Mini Israel Park at Latrun is home to some of Israel’s greatest outdoor summer concerts. The concerts at Latrun ...
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Friday, October 25, 2019

Welcoming Shabbat with Yedid Nefesh by the Ramatayim Men's Choir

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Late in 1995, four enthusiasts gathered in the Ramot suburb of Jerusalem, to sing choral music they recalled from synagogue services i...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Groucho Marx as the Hotel Clerk in "A Night in Casablanca"

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In the Marx Brothers film A Night in Casablanca Ronald Kornblow (Groucho Marx) takes over as the manager of a luxurious hotel in Casabl...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Comedy Showcase: Orny Adams on The Signs You're Getting Old

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  Orny Adams (Adam Jason Orenstein) delivers a powerful, incisive stand-up routine that vacillates between the relevant and the absu...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

Netanyahu Gives Visiting Pompeo a Tour of His Sukkah

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On Friday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Israel and the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a joint statement they ...
Friday, October 18, 2019

Welcoming Shabbat with Ana B'koach by Merav Brenner and the Hallel Chorus

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This week we welcome Shabbat with Ana b'Koach , a liturgical poem from the Kabbalat Shabbat service that appears in the siddur just ...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Don Rickles at His Audience-Insulting Best

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On this Throwback Thursday let's go back to December, 12, 1972 when Don Rickles had fun with a TV audience, walking up the aisle and fi...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Origins of Jewish Comedy Explored on PBS by Professor Jeremy Dauber

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In a TV interview on the PBS show Metro Focus , host Jack Ford has a conversation with Jeremy Dauber, Columbia professor and author of th...
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Sunday, October 13, 2019

Sukkot is Here - Get Ready to Shake Your Lulav with Rebbetzin Tap!

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With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in the rear view mirror, Sukkot is suddenly here. Starting tonight, we'll be spending lots of time ...
Friday, October 11, 2019

Welcoming Shabbat with Lecha Dodi at a Simon and Garfunkel Shabbat in Georgia

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Temple Kol Emeth is a Reform synagogue in Marietta, Georgia. Last month they featured a Simon and Garfunkel Shabbat, where they set mo...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Buddy Hackett on the Johnny Carson Show in 1978

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We thought that we had run out of Buddy Hackett videos and were pleasantly surprised to find another batch of Buddy's appearances ...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

An Amazingly Appetizing Yom Kippur Recipe from London's J-TV

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J-TV: The Global Jewish Channel is based in London. It features weekly segments on Jewish wisdom, current affairs and entertainment.  ...