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‘What’s With Jews and Comedy?’ Borscht Belt-themed show to chronicle beloved Catskills comedy...
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — What’s a Borscht Belt joke? Comedy historian Lenny Dave shares this classic...
Humor Is a Cool Medium
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoIllustration by Eduardo Luzzatti. “I was raped by my doctor, which is so bittersweet for a Jewish girl.” Sarah Silverman’s most infamous joke is a very...
Freddie Roman Dies: Borscht Belt Comedian Who Appeared In Film And TV Was 85
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFreddie Roman, a Borscht Belt staple whose comedy was long a part of the Friars Club roasts and was...
Borscht Belt comedian Freddie Roman dies at age 85
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoComedian Freddie Roman, the former dean of The Friars Club and a staple of the Catskills comedy scene, has died. Roman died Saturday afternoon at...
How Jewish comedians are helping keep hope alive post-October 7
NY Post via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFrom Brett Gelman to Judy Gold, how Jewish comics are keeping the Chosen People smiling. In the...
The Problem With Starting (Another) Trade War With China
The New Republic via Yahoo Finance· 1 week ago“There’s an old joke,” Woody Allen says at the start of his 1977 movie Annie Hall. “Two elderly...
Meet Your Maker: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel creator Amy Sherman-Palladino on her pop culture...
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor Amy Sherman-Palladino, life is a musical comedy. Or at least, she wishes it was. The creator of...
Shecky Greene, Legendary Las Vegas Comedian, Dead at 97
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 5 months agoShecky Greene, the legendary stand-up comedian who spent decades as one of the biggest acts in Las...
GOP has golden opportunity in NJ governor's race. But will party pick a winner? | Stile
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn the past two weeks, Donald Trump tightened his MAGA grip on the Republican Party and dispatched...
Sen. Joe Lieberman, National Treasure
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFormer Sen. Joe Lieberman departs the White House after meeting with then-President Donald Trump on May 17, 2017. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)...
