The comedy director reflects on Brooks’ Jewish identity, his influence on modern comedy and “Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!
Scholars Jennifer Caplan, Jarrod Tanny, and Avinoam Patt discuss Jewish humor and satire as a global phenomenon as well as a ...
The 1988 film version of “Crossing Delancey,” which Joan Micklin Silver directed, was a very Jewish romantic comedy about the very New York courtship between a worldly young Jewish woman from the ...
Introduction: A joke, two definitions, seven themes, four warnings, and another joke -- What's so funny about anti-semitism? -- Not-so-nice Jewish doctors -- The wit of the Jews -- A view from the ...
On Apr. 3., Duke Jewish Student Union (JSU) swapped Thursday night cramming time for a spectacular stand-up comedy show. Held at the Freeman Center, Jewish Life at Duke’s building, the event featured ...
The Forward brings you independent, nonprofit journalism with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis of the Middle East, campus conflicts, and more. Sign up for the free morning newsletter today. At a ...
“Comedy for Peace” is one of the Jewish highlights of the New York Comedy Festival, which also includes shows by Alex Edelman, Alex Borstein and Anna Roisman. Comedian Gibran Saleem had never met a ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Jewish Film Festival will take place from 12-4 p.m. Sunday, June 15, at Marquee Cinemas in Charleston. The two films to be presented at the festival, a comedy and ...
The comedy director reflects on Brooks’ Jewish identity, his influence on modern comedy and “Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!
At a turbulent moment for moviegoing — when the theatrical experience is challenged by streaming and a change in viewing and film release patterns — one unlikely film has emerged as the sleeper hit of ...