What it means to be Jewish in the U.S. has changed since the early days of Jewish comics on the Borscht Belt. We’ve assimilated, spread out across the country and the accent is fading away. You have ...

By Steve RabeyReligion Correspondent For a century, American Jews have had an outsized role in American comedy. From Groucho Marx to Jerry Seinfeld, Jackie Mason to Jon Stewart, Joan Rivers to Gilda ...

FUNNY, BUT I DO LOOK JEWISH, at least to myself, and more and more so as the years go by. I’m fairly sure I didn’t always look Jewish, not when I was a boy, or possibly even when a young man, though I ...

“Funny Girl” may be the most Jewish Broadway musical this side of “Fiddler on the Roof.” And like “Fiddler,” it debuted on Broadway 60 years ago, in 1964. The touring production of “Funny Girl” is ...

Some Jewish performers and their allies in the theater community say the production had advertised itself as “specifically seeking actors of Jewish heritage.” (JTA) — The announcement this week that ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. For a documentary about comedy, “Making Trouble” has a funny name. I mean “funny” as in odd, not “funny” as in, you know ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — On Oct. 13, the Jewish Music Fest will be held at the Pioneer Courthouse Square in celebration of a new era for the Portland Jewish community and the upcoming holiday Sukkot.

SCRANTON, Pa. — The 12th Annual Jewish Food Festival begins this Sunday at Nay Aug Park across from the Everhart Museum. You can look forward to 4 days full of food, fun, and entertainment starting on ...

Heard the one about the Jewish stand-up comedian helping the Germans laugh about the Nazis? In 2022, American Raanan Hershberg opened for Louis CK on his European tour, and found the German audiences ...