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Sacha Baron Cohen. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Sacha Baron Cohen returns as Borat to roast Ye’s Jew-hatred

Published January 2, 2023

(JNS) -- The Kennedy Center last week shared a memorable comedy routine from Sacha Baron Cohen, who revived his Borat character—a Kazakh “journalist” known for his absurd accent, signature suit, sexual improprieties and over-the-top satire on antisemitism. On...

St. Louisans' strategies for the maximum Christmas Chinese food experience

St. Louisans’ strategies for the maximum Christmas Chinese food experience

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished December 22, 2022

I’ll be spending Christmas Eve with General Tso. It’s a dining tradition many of us in the Jewish community share, like latkes on Hanukkah and hamantashen on Purim. While our Christian friends and neighbors dream of sugar plum fairies this weekend,...

Elon Gold

Jewish comedians takes Miami by storm

Published December 21, 2022

(JNS) Dani Zoldan told JNS that he gave the city of Miami a Hanukkah present a few nights early. The owner of Stand Up NY and founder of The Chosen Comedy Festival said that the event, held at the James L. Knight Center, attracted more than 2,500 people...

The Jewish comedians who will soon be hosting "The Daily Show"

The Jewish comedians who will soon be hosting “The Daily Show”

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished December 20, 2022

(JTA) – As “The Daily Show” looks ahead to a future without host Trevor Noah, at least three Jewish comedians are waiting to take his place — at least temporarily. Al Franken, Sarah Silverman and Chelsea Handler are among the extensive list...

Detroit Pistons troll Kyrie Irving with ‘Happy Hanukkah’ graphic

JACOB GURVIS, JTAPublished December 20, 2022

(JTA) — The Detroit Pistons wished Brooklyn Nets star guard Kyrie Irving a happy Hanukkah Sunday night, the first night of the holiday. The Pistons appeared to be trolling Irving, who recently shared an antisemitic film on Twitter and initially refused...

Lisa Geduldig shown onstage at the first annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy show in San Francisco in 1993. (Courtesy of Lisa Geduldig)

How a standup show at a Chinese restaurant turned into a 30-year Jewish comedy tradition

JACKIE HAJDENBERG, JTAPublished December 19, 2022

(JTA) — Just a few years into her comedy career, Lisa Geduldig was invited to perform standup at the Peking Garden Club near Northampton, Massachusetts. She went to the gig assuming it was a comedy club. It wasn’t. “I just had the most ironic...

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A surprisingly long list of Jewish actors in Christmas movies

Evelyn Frick, Hey AlmaPublished December 19, 2022

As a Jew who grew up in an interfaith Jewish-Christian household, I have seen surprisingly few Christmas movies. Every year on Thanksgiving, my family watches “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “The Grinch” (the original), and for the past 24 years...

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Video: King Charles dancing the Hora with Holocaust survivors

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished December 18, 2022

Sometimes the real story gets buried. On Saturday, “NBC News” aired a story on King Charles' first 100 days, which included the news-making rift between his son Harry, his daughter-in-law Meghan Markle and the rest of the royal family. But what should...

These new Hanukkah music videos show defiance

These new Hanukkah music videos show defiance

By Alan Zeitlin, JNSPublished December 18, 2022

(JNS) Three Hanukkah music videos have been released that are bound to get people’s attention. All three explicitly or implicitly reference the rise in antisemitism. The first is from rapper Nissim Black, who now lives in Israel. The video for...

Lior Melnick (top left) and his fellow Six13 members.

Jewish a capella sensation Six13 returns with new video “Elton Johnukah”

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished December 15, 2022

“Jews are ready/Doughnuts with jelly" is the opening line from Jewish a cappella greats Six13 newest release for Hanukkah, and it literally made me, as the kids like to say, lol (laugh out loud). "You don't have to be a #LatkeMan to join in -- just...

Here are all 4 versions of Adam Sandler's "Hanukkah Song"

Here are all 4 versions of Adam Sandler’s “Hanukkah Song”

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished December 14, 2022

In an interview, last week with a New York radio station, Jewish comedy legend Adam Sandler said he recently showed his daughters the spot on 56th and Broadway where he stood in front of a diner and first had the idea for what would become his famous...

Adam Sandler bringing his comedy tour to St. Louis

Adam Sandler bringing his comedy tour to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished December 14, 2022

Think of it as eight crazy nights of Hanukkah all wrapped into one! Jewish comedy legend Adam Sandler is coming to St. Louis in early 2023, for one night only. On Wednesday, Sandler announced he's extending his current comedy tour to 11 new cities,...

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