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Marc Shaiman is the author of a new memoir, 'Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner.' (Robert Trachtenberg via JTA)
February 21, 2026, 2:28 am
In new memoir, acclaimed ‘Hairspray’ composer tells a showbiz story shaped by Jewish humor
In ‘Never Mind the Happy,’ Tony winner and 7-time Oscar nominee Marc Shaiman recounts collaborations with Bette Midler and Rob Reiner, and the musical liberties he took at his bar mitzvah
By Stephen Silver
Mel Brooks, left, sat for roughly 10 hours of interviews over five sessions with filmmaker Judd Apatow for the HBO documentary 'Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!' (Mathieu Bitton/HBO via JTA)
January 22, 2026, 7:19 pm
Ahead of new HBO documentary, Judd Apatow talks about ‘stalking’ his idol Mel Brooks
The acclaimed director reflects on the iconic comedian’s Jewish identity, his influence on modern comedy and the newly-released film, ‘Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!’
By Stephen Silver
Sid Caesar, flanked by Imogene Coca and Carl Reiner, in a skit from the TV variety series, 'Your Show of Shows,' 1952. (NBC Television via JTA)
January 2, 2026, 4:53 pm
How Sid Caesar and a roomful of forgotten Jewish writers transformed television forever
In his new book, ‘When Caesar Was King,’ author David Margolick chronicles the rise, and fall into obscurity, of the sketch comedian who set the stage for the TV sitcom
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
On stage, Gianmarco Soresi jokes about being the son of a Jewish mother and an Italian Catholic father. (Dalvin Nichols via JTA)
September 18, 2025, 1:57 am
Jewish comic Gianmarco Soresi makes a punchline out of his mixed feelings for Israel
The ‘comedian to watch,’ who built a following of over 1 million on TikTok alone with videos of his ad-libbed banter with club audiences, releases a new special on his YouTube channel on Sept. 19
By Steve North
Podcast host Adam Friedland, right, interviews Rep. Ritchie Torres on 'The Adam Friedland Show,' on August 28, 2025. (Screenshot via JTA)
August 29, 2025, 4:44 pm
Sparks fly as Jewish comedian Adam Friedland challenges Ritchie Torres over Israel support
Thursday’s confrontational interview with the pro-Israel Democratic congressman stirs controversy as the comic blames Israeli ‘brutality’ for the explosion in US antisemitism
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Grace Gilson
A still of an animation from 'Theodor Herzl - The Man Behind Israel.' (Courtesy)
July 18, 2025, 4:10 pm
What would Herzl say about Israel today? A new documentary takes an educated guess
‘Theodor Herzl – The Man Behind Israel’ sees comic David Baddiel on the road, tracing the father of Zionism’s life. With voice acting by Stephan Fry, it premiered this month in the UK
By Lianne Kolirin
Actor and comedian Larry David leaves Madison Square Garden after an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics, February 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
July 11, 2025, 4:16 pm
Larry David teams up with the Obamas on US history comedy series
The 78-year-old creator of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ co-writes, executive produces and stars in the new sketch show produced by the former president and first lady’s Higher Ground
By Grace Gilson
Nathan Fielder speaks onstage during the 2024 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles Ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium on April 14, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Writers Guild of America West/AFP)
April 30, 2025, 3:06 pm
Nathan Fielder says Paramount+ pulled his TV episode on Holocaust awareness after Oct. 7
In the latest season of ‘The Rehearsal,’ the Jewish comedian reveals that a 2015 segment about his genocide awareness apparel brand Summit Ice was taken down intentionally
By Andrew Lapin
At left: Jean Carroll circa 1955. (via Photofest); Cover of 'First Lady of Laughs' by Grace Kessler Overbeke. (Courtesy: NYU Press)
November 18, 2024, 4:25 am
Before Midge Maisel, there was Jean Carroll, a real-life trailblazing Jewish comedienne
In her new book, ‘First Lady of Laughs,’ scholar Grace Kessler Overbeke shines light on the oft-overlooked performer who created ‘a totally different model of funny Jewish women’
By Rich Tenorio
Jerry Lewis looks through the camera during filming of 'The Day the Clown Cried,' on March 20, 1972, Paris, France. (AP Photo/Jean Jacques Levy)
August 28, 2024, 12:44 am
Jerry Lewis’s infamously bad Holocaust film is having a moment. But you can’t watch it
Archival material related to ‘The Day the Clown Cried,’ the unreleased movie that ended the Jewish funnyman’s career, is now available, with a possible reboot on the horizon
By Andrew Lapin
Zach Zucker as "Jack Tucker" (Photo by Dylan Woodley, via Hey Alma)
August 10, 2024, 12:32 pm
The Jewish clown of a generation? Watch Zach Zucker aka ‘Jack Tucker’ and decide
On paper, Zucker performing as a cartoonishly dim-witted stand-up comedian should not be funny. But his shows are a comedic assault on the senses, and the buzz is growing
By EVELYN FRICK
Eitan Levine threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Hartford Yard Goats game, April 10, 2024, in Hartford, Connecticut. (Courtesy via JTA)
April 14, 2024, 1:20 am
This Jewish comedian hopes to set a new baseball record
Eitan Levine will tour the US to earn the Guinness title for most ceremonial first pitches thrown, and will raise money for a good cause along the way
By Luke Tress
Alex Edelman at an opening night performance of 'Just For Us' at Mark Taper Forum on November 11, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Unique Nicole / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
April 11, 2024, 2:03 am
As Alex Edelman’s ‘Just For Us’ hits HBO and Max, antisemitism is again in the spotlight
Jewish comedian’s 2018 special about attending white supremacist meeting premiered before worst antisemitic attack in US history; streaming debut comes 6 months after Oct. 7
By Ben Sales
Comedians Jerry Seinfeld (left) and Larry David, co-creators of "Seinfeld," in the final episode of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," which aired April 7, 2024. (YouTube video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 9, 2024, 5:47 pm
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ finale reunites Larry David-Jerry Seinfeld
Last episode of HBO sitcom is humorous encore of widely panned ‘Seinfeld’ finale, capping off season filled with references to Judaism
By Ben Sales
Comedian Modi Rosenfeld. (Courtesy)
March 29, 2024, 3:01 am
Popular Jewish comedian Modi has a new special. He wants non-Jews to watch, too
The funnyman popular with Orthodox Jews says the best way to end antisemitism is to invite people to ‘laugh with us’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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