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How Jewish Humor Has Changed Over Time

March 7, 2023Jennifer Caplan

An excerpt from "Funny, You Don’t Look Funny: Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials"

Review

Jewish Comedy and Jewish Erasure on Amazon Prime’s A League of Their Own

November 11, 2022Sarah Emanuel

In a groundbreaking show where many characters have thoughtful backstories on race, sexuality, and gender, the Jewish character’s is...

Perspective

The People of the Joke: American Jews and Comedy

November 11, 2022Jennifer Caplan

Why is humor synonymous with Jews, and are Jews disproportionately represented in comedy industries?

Review

Using Comedy to Talk about Religious Trauma

July 26, 2022Emma Cieslik

A review of Taylor Tomlinson’s Netflix special Look At You

Perspective

Why Jewish Comics are Obsessed with Suffering and Death

November 4, 2021Sarah Emanuel

A reflection on “Rachel Bloom is Rusty” and the connection between Jewish humor and death

In the News

In the News: Mourning, Reckoning, and Looking Ahead

September 10, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing.

In the News

In the News: Memorials, Museums, Magic and More!

February 12, 2018Kali Handelman

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News

In the News: How to talk about what we need to talk about?

November 16, 2017Kali Handelman

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News: Profiling, Prince, Peaceniks and more!

May 2, 2016

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News: Wax, Wits, William James, and more!

August 21, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

Catholicism and The Colbert Report: An Interview with the Colbert Chaplain

January 26, 2015

Becky Garrison interviews The Colbert Report's Chaplain, James Martin, SJ.

Feature

The House of David

November 21, 2011

An excerpt from Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball (Oxford University Press, 2011) by Rebecca Alpert, from...

Be The Next Jesus. Or L. Ron Hubbard.

July 7, 2011

Amy Levin: Huffington Post Comedy recently ended a short and perhaps not-so-sweet competition called “Create Your Own Religion.”...

Sudans

January 12, 2011

Abby Ohlheiser: In the collective gasp that followed the shooting in Tucson on Saturday, the story of the ongoing...

Preparing to Fight the Anti-Homosexuality Bill

January 12, 2011

Truth Wins Out takes the time to note contact information for senators and representatives as well as Ugandan...

Jeebus H. Christ On A Popsicle Stick!

March 15, 2004

The FCC has run Jesus Christ out off South Park, The Comedy Channel’s lovable mountain town of foul-mouthed little assholes. Oops! We mean “butt-holes.” Broadcasting...

Mel Gibson, Meet Will Farrell

November 21, 2003

Christiany Today‘s Ted Olson provides a fascinating array of responses to Elf, the controversial new film adaptation of the Christmas story critics fear...

How Jewish Humor Has Changed Over Time

Jewish Comedy and Jewish Erasure on Amazon Prime’s A League of Their Own

The People of the Joke: American Jews and Comedy

Using Comedy to Talk about Religious Trauma

Why Jewish Comics are Obsessed with Suffering and Death

In the News: Mourning, Reckoning, and Looking Ahead

In the News: Memorials, Museums, Magic and More!

In the News: How to talk about what we need to talk about?

In the News: Profiling, Prince, Peaceniks and more!

In the News: Wax, Wits, William James, and more!

Catholicism and The Colbert Report: An Interview with the Colbert Chaplain

The House of David

Be The Next Jesus. Or L. Ron Hubbard.

Sudans

Preparing to Fight the Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Jeebus H. Christ On A Popsicle Stick!

Mel Gibson, Meet Will Farrell

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