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Shining a New Light on Former ISIS Women through Laugh-Out-Loud Literature

March 6, 2025Hafsa Lodi

A reflection on “Fundamentally,” a new novel by Nussaibah Younis that examines the de-radicalizing of ISIS brides through the...

Excerpt

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: #MeToo, Goopification, Polemical Flatulence & much more!

December 21, 2017Kali Handelman

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News: Reading & Resisting

February 9, 2017

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: Satanism, Sacred Music, Shasta Seekers, and more!

June 11, 2015

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

Review

More Tea, Vicar? A review of BBC's "Rev"

June 25, 2012

by Abhimanyu Das The Church of England inhabits a unique place in this busy trafficking of religious stereotypes. They're...

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...

Shining a New Light on Former ISIS Women through Laugh-Out-Loud Literature

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: #MeToo, Goopification, Polemical Flatulence & much more!

In the News: Reading & Resisting

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

In the News: Satanism, Sacred Music, Shasta Seekers, and more!

More Tea, Vicar? A review of BBC's "Rev"

Sudans

Preparing to Fight the Anti-Homosexuality Bill

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