We are now in week #5 of our Jewish Joke of the Week. This week's joke comes to us from Elaine Ginsberg.
Elaine, your cookie coupon is on the way. If you would like a free cookie, and you have a good Jewish(ish) joke, email me at [email protected].
Our favorite purveyors of Ashkenazi grandma chic are back with a new Yiddish bop and we are obsessed. Obsessed, I tell you!
Vibers, the Israeli duo of Michal Karmi and Yael Tal, have a new remake of a Yiddish standard — this time with a version...
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents, Mama and Baba. Both would use Yiddish on occasion, and not knowing...
What does the Jewish mother make for dinner? Reservations.
And what did the server ask her table? Nothing; they never let a man finish a sentence.
This was the image of the Jewish American woman when men were the only ones telling the jokes. She...
(JTA) — Alan Kalter, his rabbi said, was a “mensch,” a past temple president who dutifully Zoomed into services throughout the pandemic.
Kelter died Monday at 78 at at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut, surrounded by his wife and daughters....
Alec Baris, Digital Engagement Associate
• Published October 5, 2021
In case you missed it, the hit-sitcom "Seinfeld" is now on Netflix. In honor of that, take this quiz to find out which character you are destined to be!
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The title of Jon Stewart’s new show might have had a double-meaning for almost anyone else.
“The Problem with Jon Stewart” sounds like the beginning of a rant by your conservative uncle, or maybe a gripe from a pedantic comedy critic. In its...
We are serious about our Jewish Joke of the Week. So much so, that we’re offering a free cookie coupon from Hot Box Cookies, and all you have to do is be funny. Well, you have to send us a joke that is funny, and funny clean. No funny, not clean jokes. ...
We are serious about our Jewish Joke of the Week. So much so, that we’re offering a free cookie coupon from Hot Box Cookies, and all you have to do is be funny. Well, you have send us a joke that is funny, and funny clean. No funny, not clean jokes. ...
It's truly amazing how long it takes till you really understand your grandfather or at least a part of him, you took for granted.
Since joining the Jewish Light, I've reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish,...
It’s a right of Jewish passage to wonder who out there in the world is Jewish too, especially famous people like actors, singers, athletes, and even social media stars and YouTubers. It’s just something we do.
So, to better answer the question...
Norm Macdonald, the former Saturday Night Live news anchor and stand-up legend, wasn’t Jewish. But the Canadian-born comedian, who died Tuesday from cancer at the age of 61, left behind two of the greatest Jewish humor moments in recent memory.
Macdonald’s...
