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Topic: comedy

February 23, 2013
2:59 am

Purim offers some serious reasons for laughter. (Yoel Ben-Avraham/Creative Commons via JTA)

A close call with genocide? That’s hilarious!

With elements of dark humor and screwball comedy, the Purim story is also a bit of a joke

By Dasee Berkowitz

February 11, 2013
12:48 am

SNL's unaired Chuck Hagel skit (photo credit: NBC screenshot)

Too much SNL love for Israel?

Unaired Saturday Night Live skit parodies senators’ full-throated support for Israel during the Hagel confirmation hearing

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 24, 2012
12:47 pm

The idiot’s guide to finding a job in Israel

While it is generally recommended to fix any misspellings in your CV, if you are applying for a position in menu or street sign creation, you can ignore this suggestion completely

By Benji Lovitt

October 15, 2012
3:58 pm

My big fat Greek Yom Kippur (II)

If you hate Eli Yishai, perhaps Athens is the place for you

By Benji Lovitt

October 10, 2012
12:37 pm

My big fat Greek Yom Kippur (I)

I had heard tell of the fabled Passover Seders in Nepal, India, and Thailand, so hoped I might have the same meaningful experience at the Athens Chabad

By Benji Lovitt

September 13, 2012
3:37 pm

In the year 5773: A dispatch from future Israel

Benji Lovitt is back with the answers to your questions about what’s on the cards for the upcoming year

By Benji Lovitt

July 19, 2012
10:45 am

Terror in Bulgaria — a comedian’s response

Eventually, I’ll return to smiling and making light of the crazy country that is Israel. But for now? Like everyone else, I mourn

By Benji Lovitt

July 18, 2012
2:43 pm

I wanna be like Sarah Silverman

We need more people willing to take risks on behalf of causes that mean a great deal to them, because safety and decorum only get us so far

By Jen Maidenberg

June 10, 2012
6:08 pm

The rabbi and the vibrator

Turns out you can be a nice Jewish girl and a mother and still own a huge dildo

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer

April 25, 2012
7:46 pm

A young couple with Israeli flags painted on their cheeks kiss during an Independence Day ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Sixty-four things I love about Israel

In honor of Israel’s birthday, a list of the very best things about our crazy little country

By Benji Lovitt

April 22, 2012
4:18 pm

What they laugh about when they laugh about Anne Frank

As the years go by, Holocaust humor, once exclusively the province of Jewish comedians, is slowly becoming a fixture in ‘goyish’ pop culture as well

By Ilan Manor

March 30, 2012
3:37 am

Joan Rivers rolls on

The 78-year-old says the secret to her success is timing, and ‘60% hard work, 30% luck and 10% talent’

By Arlene Fine

March 29, 2012
2:39 pm

It’s stand-up comedy, so please sit down!

I’m a pro at building up the suspense and the tension as the joke develops and then, when it comes time for the big orgasmic clincher — all of that anticipation for what’s to follow… well, what happens next?

By Devora Mason

March 18, 2012
3:42 pm

Jewish toilet humor

A blissfully funny moment in the men’s room during a Jackie Mason show in London

By James Inverne

February 2, 2012
12:04 pm

Not laughing at that Birthright parody

Tablet: Eretz Nehederet’s obnoxious take on American Jewry showcases an Israel growing increasingly unfunny with age

By Liel Leibovitz

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: comedy

A close call with genocide? That’s hilarious!

With elements of dark humor and screwball comedy, the Purim story is also a bit of a joke

Too much SNL love for Israel?

Unaired Saturday Night Live skit parodies senators’ full-throated support for Israel during the Hagel confirmation hearing

The idiot’s guide to finding a job in Israel

While it is generally recommended to fix any misspellings in your CV, if you are applying for a position in menu or street sign creation, you can ignore this suggestion completely

My big fat Greek Yom Kippur (II)

If you hate Eli Yishai, perhaps Athens is the place for you

My big fat Greek Yom Kippur (I)

I had heard tell of the fabled Passover Seders in Nepal, India, and Thailand, so hoped I might have the same meaningful experience at the Athens Chabad

In the year 5773: A dispatch from future Israel

Benji Lovitt is back with the answers to your questions about what’s on the cards for the upcoming year

Terror in Bulgaria — a comedian’s response

Eventually, I’ll return to smiling and making light of the crazy country that is Israel. But for now? Like everyone else, I mourn

I wanna be like Sarah Silverman

We need more people willing to take risks on behalf of causes that mean a great deal to them, because safety and decorum only get us so far

The rabbi and the vibrator

Turns out you can be a nice Jewish girl and a mother and still own a huge dildo

Sixty-four things I love about Israel

In honor of Israel’s birthday, a list of the very best things about our crazy little country

What they laugh about when they laugh about Anne Frank

As the years go by, Holocaust humor, once exclusively the province of Jewish comedians, is slowly becoming a fixture in ‘goyish’ pop culture as well

Joan Rivers rolls on

The 78-year-old says the secret to her success is timing, and ‘60% hard work, 30% luck and 10% talent’

It’s stand-up comedy, so please sit down!

I’m a pro at building up the suspense and the tension as the joke develops and then, when it comes time for the big orgasmic clincher — all of that anticipation for what’s to follow… well, what happens next?

Jewish toilet humor

A blissfully funny moment in the men’s room during a Jackie Mason show in London

Not laughing at that Birthright parody

Tablet: Eretz Nehederet’s obnoxious take on American Jewry showcases an Israel growing increasingly unfunny with age

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