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The tradition of humor in Judaism dates back to the compilation of the Torah and the Midrash in the ancient Middle East, but the most famous form of Jewish humor consists of the more recent stream of verbal and frequently anecdotal humor of Ashkenazi Jews which took root in the United States during the last one hundred years, it even took root in secular Jewish culture.
Jewish-American comedy. American-Jewish comedy is, in part, a continuation of the traditional role of humor in Jewish culture among historical and contemporary American performers. It has appealed to both Jewish and wider mainstream audiences. [ 1] At various times in American history, the field of comedy has been dominated by Jewish comedians.
When Jews Were Funny is a 2013 Canadian documentary comedy film, directed by Alan Zweig.It was produced by Jesse Ikeman and Jeff Glickman for Sudden Storm Entertainment. [1] [2] The film features two dozen interviews with a variety of Jewish comedy professionals in North America and explores the role of Jewish humour in the context of North American comedy.
Humor has always been the secret weapon throughout Jewish history. Now a new generation of Jewish comics have learned of its potency just as laughter is needed most. Jokes, it seems, are the ...
Borscht Belt. The Borscht Belt, or Yiddish Alps, is a colloquial term for the mostly defunct summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan and Ulster counties in the U.S. state of New York, straddling both Upstate New York and the northern edges of the New York metropolitan area. "In its heyday, as many as 500 resorts catered to ...
Chelmers plotting to capture the Moon in a barrel. The Wise Men of Chelm (Yiddish: די כעלמער חכמים, romanized: Di Khelemer khakhomim) are foolish Jewish residents of the Polish city of Chełm, a butt of Jewish jokes, similar to other towns of fools: the English Wise Men of Gotham, German Schildbürger, Greek residents of Abdera, or Finnish residents of the fictional town of Hymylä.
The Book of Jewish Knowledge;: An encyclopedia of Judaism and the Jewish people, covering all elements of Jewish life from Biblical times to the present, Crown Publishers, 1964. ISBN 0-517-09746-X; A Treasury of Jewish Poetry, 1970. A Treasury of Jewish Humor, (originally published 1951), M. Evans and Company, 1988. ISBN 0-87131-546-7
978-0-345-52235-1. Old Jews Telling Jokes is a web series [ 1] launched in 2009 created and directed by Sam Hoffman and produced by Eric Spiegelman and Tim Williams for Jetpack Media, Inc. It has since gone on to garner millions of unique views over several original series shot in places like New York, Los Angeles and Boca Raton.