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Jewish Humor

How the Groucho Marx Halloween mask came to be

How the Groucho Marx Halloween mask came to be

By Andrew Silverstein, The ForwardPublished October 30, 2022
The significance of ‘Groucho glasses’ goes way beyond their cigar-chomping creator
The brief Jewish history of candy cigarettes

The brief Jewish history of candy cigarettes

BY ALLY SASS, JTAPublished October 27, 2022
This retro candy has a surprising Jewish legacy behind it.
My love story and understanding the power of Beshert

My love story and understanding the power of Beshert

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 27, 2022

Dear Reader, I'm a true sucker for a great love story and I'm a firm believer in the concept of beshert, the Yiddish word that means “destined” or “fated.” It can be used to describe all kinds of lucky or fortuitous situations, not just romantic...

Jewish bobblehead makers honoring the Gateway Arch on its birthday

Jewish bobblehead makers honoring the Gateway Arch on its birthday

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 27, 2022

Two Jewish entrepreneurs from Illinois who are the clever minds behind the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, are now ready to immortalize a St. Louis icon with its own bobblehead. To celebrate the 57th anniversary of the completion of the...

Watch a trailer for the very Jewy FX miniseries ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’

Watch a trailer for the very Jewy FX miniseries ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’

Published October 25, 2022

(New York Jewish Week) – A new trailer for the FX miniseries “Fleishman Is in Trouble” — based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s debut novel and set on a very Jewish Upper West Side — dropped Tuesday.  Jesse Eisenberg, Claire Danes, Adam Brody...

Comedian who went viral after having beer thrown at her makes a very Jewish TV debut on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

Comedian who went viral after having beer thrown at her makes a very Jewish TV debut on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

Caleb Guedes-Reed, JTAPublished October 25, 2022

(JTA) — Two weeks ago, Ariel Elias, then a little-known standup comedian performing at a club in New Jersey, had a beer thrown at her head from a group of Trump-supporting hecklers who discovered she voted for Joe Biden. After the beer smashed against...

Jessica Seinfeld’s Instagram post about Kanye West’s antisemitism goes viral among celebrities and influencers

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished October 24, 2022

(JTA) — As images of the banner held above Interstate 405 in Los Angeles claiming “Kanye is right about the Jews” ricocheted around the internet this weekend, Jessica Seinfeld decided to take a stand. A cookbook author and wife of comedian Jerry...

Celebrity Jeopardy, ‘Reboot’ and new horror flicks

Celebrity Jeopardy, ‘Reboot’ and new horror flicks

By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 24, 2022

Stand-up comedian ILIZA SHLESINGER, 39, is on a roll.  Last January, she and her husband, NOAH GALUTEN, had their first child.  On Oct. 2, she was the winning contestant on “Celebrity Jeopardy” and will advance to the “winner playoffs.”  Her...

Schumer uses Yiddish shtick in new campaign ad

Published October 24, 2022

(New York Jewish Week) — In a new political ad, Sen. Chuck Schumer gives constituents a Yiddish lesson while lauding some Democratic victories and decrying some Republican actions of the last term.  The thirty-second ad is titled “Yiddish Lessons...

The new Chuck Schumer on ‘Saturday Night Live’ is Jewish cast member Sarah Sherman

Published October 16, 2022

(New York Jewish Week) — “Saturday Night Live” has a new Chuck Schumer: cast member and Jewish comedian Sarah Sherman. The native of a “really Jewish Long Island” played the New York Democrat and Senate majority leader in last night’s cold...

‘Reboot’ brings us a very lovable Jewish father-Daughter duo

‘Reboot’ brings us a very lovable Jewish father-Daughter duo

Lior Zaltzman, KvellerPublished October 12, 2022

“Reboot,” a Hulu series that premiered in September, stars two Jewish TV greats — Paul Reiser of “Mad About You” fame and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” creator and star, Rachel Bloom. Reiser plays Gordon Gelman, an artistic and somewhat...

Jewish Light readers can see new Israeli TV series on ChaiFlicks at a discount

Jewish Light readers can see new Israeli TV series on ChaiFlicks at a discount

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 6, 2022

ChaiFlicks, the streaming platform dedicated to Jewish entertainment announced its Fall 2022 programming slate, led by three award-winning Israeli TV series making their North American premiere and streaming exclusively on the service. The three...

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