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Jewish Humor

Freddie Mayer, left, and Nathan Mayer, right, break out of their comfort zone together.

Get out of your comfort zone — you don’t have to do a triathlon

By Susie Mayer, Sister of columnist Amy Fenster BrownPublished July 15, 2025

Hi, readers, and thank you to Amy Fenster Brown for letting me be the guest columnist this week. I’m Amy’s sister, and I live in Fort Smith, Ark., with my husband, Mike. We have two sons — Nathan, 30, who lives in New York, and Freddie, 26, who...

Clara Deitchman

My Bubbe’s Forecast

Published July 13, 2025

️85° and cloudy, like the sky’s having a shluffy. ️ Barely moving, barely raining—honestly, it could use a cup of coffee. Shluffy (שלאָף) is a sweet little Yiddish word for “sleep” or “nap”—often used with...

Bottom of the email photos

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 13, 2025

Shalom, and welcome to the new archive of all the bottom of the email photos. I get asked about them a lot and if I'm saving them. I wasn't, but now I am. Jordan July 17 July 14   July 7 June 26 June...

Larry David speaks onstage during the Variety Business Managers Breakfast in West Hollywood, Calif., Nov. 19, 2024. (Tommaso Boddi/Variety via Getty Images)

He’s back: Larry David teams up with the Obamas to create new TV comedy series about American history

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished July 10, 2025

(JTA) -- After his beloved and extremely Jewish sitcom “Curb Your Enthusiasm” ended after 12 seasons last year, many fans undoubtedly had the same thought: Would this be the last of Larry David on TV? The notorious curmudgeon’s answer: Absolutely...

Thousands attended the two-day Borscht Belt Festival, including its street fair, in upstate New York in July 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Borscht Belt Fest 2025’ to honor legendary comedian Robert Klein

Published June 26, 2025

(JNS) The Borscht Belt Fest Robert Klein tribute will headline this summer’s Jewish comedy celebration in upstate New York. The 2025 event, returning to Ellenville in the Catskills region, will honor the legendary comedian with a Lifetime Achievement...

Jewish Jokes: Did you hear the one about the cruise?

Jewish Jokes: Did you hear the one about the cruise?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 20, 2025

I was once asked by the mother of an old friend, “Why I do a “Jewish Joke of the Day.” I responded and she thought I should share my answer with you. I believe as Jews, we love to laugh. I believe Jews love to laugh at themselves and laugh at...

A scene from "Most People Die on Sundays"

Death, dry humor and a Jewish family: ‘Most People Die on Sunday’ hits home

By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 19, 2025

The Argentinian tragicomedy “Most People Die on Sundays,” which plays the Webster Film Series at Webster University on June 21 and 22, casts a dry humor eye on something few talk about: the high cost of death for middle-class families. On top of the...

From left: Alex Rich, Kevin Glazer and Ben Poremba

Meet the St. Louis Jewish artist turning collage into a spiritual practice

Published June 18, 2025

What do you get when you combine a collage artist, a camera and a conversation about identity? The newest episode of "Jews in the Lou" drops this week and features Kevin Glazer, a multidisciplinary St. Louis artist who’s using scissors, style and spirituality...

You’re perfect, but also… someone can’t stand you

You’re perfect, but also… someone can’t stand you

Amy Fenster BrownPublished June 18, 2025

I’ve got good news and bad news. Good news first.  Ed Sheeran says you’re perfect. Aretha Franklin thinks you’re wonderful. Billy Joel loves you just the way you are.  The bad news – someone out there disagrees. Don’t be paranoid, we’re...

Photograph by Courtesy of HBO

Paul Reubens Pee-wee: HBO doc uncovers the painful split

By PJ GrisarPublished June 10, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. In a sense, the laudatory, exculpatory and often adversarial two-part documentary tribute to the late actor Paul Reubens,...

Why the Three Stooges? A very serious conversation with myself.

Why the Three Stooges? A very serious conversation with myself.

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 2, 2025

Editor’s note: No eyes were poked, no one was slapped and nobody’s head got stuck in a vise during this interview. This Thursday, June 5, a local journalist, morning newsletter wrangler and unapologetic Moe Howard superfan returns to the Mirowitz...

Emily Baker as Heidi. Photo by Patrick Huber

Why “The Heidi Chronicles” still hits hard at the New Jewish Theatre

By Gerry Kowarsky, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 1, 2025

“The Heidi Chronicles” is totally absorbing and delightful in the current production at the New Jewish Theatre. The title character of Wendy Wasserstein’s celebrated play is Heidi Holland. In the prologue, Heidi is a professor of art history...

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