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The Best Jewish Podcasts Released This Year

  • August 16, 2022
  • By author-avatar Sarah Sachs
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We live in the Age of Information, and with so much new content coming out every day, boredom should never be an issue. However, if...

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Trevor Noah performs a stand up set.
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Trevor Noah Is an Outsider’s Outsider

  • June 16, 2022
  • By author-avatar Eve Fairbanks
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Born in segregated South Africa to a Swiss father and a Black mother—a match that was illegal at the time—Noah grew up a stranger in his own country.

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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and the Lasting Appeal of Larry David

  • February 17, 2020
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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Suddenly there he was, shuffling to the podium: that familiar bald dome, those telltale glasses, the grumpy slouch we’d come to know and love, now stuffed inside a baggy suit that seemed to somehow fit perfectly, and now yelling about American politics instead of golf and wood stains.

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Tiffany Haddish Gives Jewish Humor a ‘Black Mitzvah’

  • December 19, 2019
  • By author-avatar Andrew Lapin
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The sheer, jubilant force of Haddish’s personality allows her to plant her feet in two distinct cultures at once, without ever feeling out of place in either.

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Beshert | My Daughter, the Career Game Changer

  • December 16, 2019
  • By author-avatar Michael Kornbluth
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My daughter’s embrace of my jokes once they entered our home, sweet home, made the cycle of birth feel complete. This dreamy crossbreed of Punky Brewster and Lady Gaga makes this crazy good dada feel more blessed than the rest.

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Leah Forster on Life as an Orthodox Comedian

  • January 19, 2022
  • By author-avatar Simi Horwitz
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Leah Forster, 36, is an ultra-Orthodox female standup comic—a rare occurrence if ever there was one—and she has always been a controversial figure.

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In a New Documentary, Gilda Radner Returns to the Screen

  • June 22, 2018
  • By author-avatar Arielle Gordon
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Gilda Radner brought laughter and love to audiences all over with her skits on Saturday Night Live and her one-woman Broadway show.

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2017 January-February, Arts & Culture

Book Review // A Horse Walks Into a Bar

  • August 14, 2019
  • By author-avatar Frances Brent
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The earliest comedy I remember with any clarity was created by a famous tragic clown, a circus performer whose painted mouth was perpetually turned down in a frown. Left out of the spotlight, he carried a sledgehammer and ran after the other clowns who wouldn’t have anything to do with him.

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Comedy From Across the Pond

  • May 24, 2017
  • By author-avatar Sarah Breger
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Andy Zaltzman loves a good pun. Actually, the 42-year-old British Jewish comedian can rarely stop at just one.

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2016 July-August, Arts & Culture

Top Ten Jewish Podcasts

  • April 7, 2017
  • By author-avatar Anna Isaacs
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If you don’t listen to a podcast (or eight), your coworker probably does—or your best friend, or your brother, or your grandma. Podcasts are the medium du jour, though the term itself—barely a decade old—is already a bit outdated.

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6 Questions for Comedian-Slash-Scientist Adam Ruben

  • December 5, 2014
  • By author-avatar Rachel Gross
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Longtime science lover Adam Ruben spends his days in a lab coat, peering down a microscope in search for a malaria vaccine. But by night,...

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A Moment with Comedian Paul Reiser on His NYC Return

  • October 30, 2014
  • By author-avatar Rachel Gross
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Comedian Paul Reiser, best known for the hit 1990s TV sitcom Mad About You, is returning to the New York City stage to perform a stand-up...

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