Sammy Davis Jr. was a short and skinny Black man with one eye. His wife was white, his mother was Puerto Rican and he was a convert to Judaism. In the crass and racist world of mid-20th century comedy, he was a walking punchline, even in his own routines. “When...

(JTA) — Ever hear Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” sung in Yiddish dialect? It used to be a regular bit performed by comedian and actor Richard Belzer, who died this week at 78. He also used to do a routine about Bob Dylan’s bar mitzvah in...

Marc Maron knows there’s one topic he just can’t leave alone.  “I don’t know why — every show, there’s part of me that just wants to keep poking the Jew thing,” the stand-up comic says in his new HBO special, From Bleak to Dark....

Richard Belzer, the stand-up comedian who left an indelible mark on television in the character of Det. John Munch, a tough and versatile Jewish cop, has died at the age of 78. His death was first reported on social media by his friend, the actor...

(JTA) — In the 2020 comedy “Shiva Baby,” a 20-something young woman shows up at a house of Jewish mourners and gently offers her condolences. When she finds her mother in the kitchen, they chat about the funeral and the rugelach before the daughter...

(JNS) Los Angeles-based nonprofit, If You Heard What I Heard, is proud to announce the release of Josh Gad’s interview as part of its digital storytelling collection to preserve Holocaust memory and make it relatable for today. Gad’s interview is...

This article first appeared in J. The Jewish News of Northern California One of the first scenes of “You People,” the controversial new Netflix rom-com about a white Jewish-Black Muslim couple, takes place during Yom Kippur services. In the scene,...

Jamie Geller influences millions every day. Known as the “Jewish Rachael Ray” (The New York Times), and the “Queen of Kosher” (CBS) 7-time best-selling author Jamie Geller is the Founder and CEO of Kosher Network international (KNi), the #1...

You darling readers have given me some wonderful feedback on this column, and I appreciate it. I especially love when you think I’m funny. Actually, I think my friends are way funnier than me. So I thought I’d share a couple of their stories to prove...

J Associates will hold its third annual Fabulous Feud Live fundraiser on Saturday, March 4 at the Pageant. In the same spirit as the popular television game show “Family Feud,” Fabulous Feud Live features families from the community who will team...

Super Bowl commercials can range from aspirational to flavor-blasted. There are usually chest-thumping displays of patriotism, weepy spots involving Clydesdales and audience-submitted Doritos short films. But could they also hold a clue to eternal youth? Two...

When Sol Braverman founded the Newark Nut Company in 1929, he had one goal in mind: to support his immigrant Polish-Jewish family. He did that by selling nuts, dried fruit, eggs, cheese, bread, and pantry essentials from his modest shop on Newark, New...