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Jackie Mason

Comedian Jackie Mason recording his album 'I Want To Leave You With The Words Of A Great Comedian' on February 20, 1963 in New York. (PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images via JTA)
July 25, 2021, 10:05 pm
WATCH: When comic legend Jackie Mason turned his wit on the Jews
During his decades of performing, the Orthodox-ordained rabbi, who died Saturday at 93, showed how to laugh at Jews, and himself
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Actor/comedian Jackie Mason in 1992 standing beside a bus displaying a sign advertising his TV show, 1992. (AP Photo)
July 25, 2021, 4:32 am
Legendary Jewish comic Jackie Mason dies at 93
Rabbi-turned-comedian was an outspoken supporter of Israel with what a friend called a Talmudic outlook on life
By AP and ToI Staff
Andrew Silow-Carroll
September 6, 2017, 1:49 pm
Andrew Silow-Carroll
Self-hatred is not just for self-haters
Before you go calling names, you’d better be pretty sure you’re right — and that you have no better argument!
Herschel 'Krusty' Krustovsky speaks with his father, Rabbi Krustovsky, voiced by Jackie Mason, in 'A Clown in the Dumps.' (Youtube Screenshot)
June 8, 2017, 1:17 pm
‘The Simpsons’ celebrates 30 years of cartoon chutzpah
Sure, most residents of Springfield are good churchgoing folk — but don’t get farklempt, TV’s longest running series is full of Jewish shtick
By Alex Suskind
Comedian Jackie Mason isn't shy about sharing his political opinions. (Courtesy)
September 18, 2016, 9:43 pm
On the streets of New York with Jackie Mason
The octogenarian comedian dishes on Jewish food, why he supports Trump, world peace, and the Queen of England — and proves his choice of career was the right one
By Lisa Klug
Jackie Mason (CC-BY-SA Carl Lender, Wikipedia)
June 25, 2016, 12:06 am
Jackie Mason rips incumbent in NY race over Iran deal
Comedian says ‘Jews are facing the hydrogen bomb’ as a result of Rep. Jerrold Nadler’s support for 2015 accord
By JTA
Jackie Mason (photo credit: International Film Circuit, Inc.)
February 15, 2016, 5:57 pm
Jackie Mason: Blacklist anti-Israel celebs
‘If not for the Jews who created the industry in Hollywood, all these people would never have a job,’ veteran Jewish comic says
By Lee Gancman
Jerry Lewis (photo credit: International Film Circuit, Inc.)
July 13, 2013, 11:08 am
The key ingredient to comedy? Jews in mountains
New ‘scientific’ documentary explaining what’s funny tells the story (or, perhaps the tall tale) of the Borscht Belt
By Jordan Hoffman
'Jews start with so many disadvantages in every country, and do so well,' Julie Burchill observes. (Courtesy of Daniel Morgenstern)
February 18, 2013, 5:01 pm
Playing ‘Hatikvah’ on a ‘Desert Island’
After 71 years, British writer Julie Burchill becomes the first guest to select Israel’s national anthem on high-profile BBC radio show
By Miriam Shaviv
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
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