The New Jewish Theatre kicks off its 2023 season with the Neil Simon comedy Broadway Bound on January 19 – February 5.  It’s the third play in Simon’s “Brighton Beach trilogy,” and follows the trials and tribulations of the Jerome family,...

Dry rubs called “Rabbi Rub” and “Jew Cub Rub” are getting a mixed reaction online. On Monday, a user posted a photo of the products on a store shelf to the r/Jewish subreddit. The rubs are made by Texas-based Smo’ Better Food. The photo...

The Jews were trending in 2022 in a way few could have predicted — but, I have to say, I came kinda close. At the end of 2021, I guessed that in the new year, Adam Sandler would start a “shlubleisure” line. That may not have happened, but at...

(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...

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,...

(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...

(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...

(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...

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...

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...

(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...