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Jewish Humor Central: Comedy Showcase: You Asked For It - Another Round With David Finkelstein
Back in January we posted two stand-up comedy routines with David Finkelstein, a comedian who appears in Yeshivish orthodox garb -- black hat, black suit, tieless white shirt -- at the Broadway Comedy Club. The two posts got a very good response, with rea...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 9:22pm -07:00T (323 words)
 
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Jewish Humor Central: Seinfeld in Yiddish: Dentist Jokes
A few weeks ago we posted an episode of Seinfeld in Yiddish called The Bar Mitzvah. Since we got a lot of requests for more, we're sharing another episode today.As we wrote then, a YouTube uploader named A Mishel has done a big favor for Seinfeld fans who...
Dateline: 2013-06-17 10:22pm -07:00T (443 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: A Joke to Start the Week: "Fidelity"
Jewish jokes fall into predictable categories, such as holidays, synagogue, food, health, travel, and so on. But there are other categories that are typified not by the topic, but by the people mentioned in the joke. One example is "priest, minister, and ...
Dateline: 2013-06-16 10:07pm -07:00T (507 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: Don Rickles to Perform Thursday in New Jersey at BergenPAC
Don Rickles, the 87-year-old comedian known for his insults and politically incorrect humor sprinkled with Yiddishisms, will be performing this Thursday evening, June 20 at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood. Since we have a lot of readers in ...
Dateline: 2013-06-15 10:22pm -07:00T (744 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: Gene Wilder Celebrates His 80th Birthday With a Rare Interview
Gene Wilder as a Polish Rabbi in the Wild West in The Frisco KidThe Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan was filled last night with hundreds of Gene Wilder's fans as the comic actor, director, screenwriter, and writer celebrated his 80t...
Dateline: 2013-06-13 10:22pm -07:00T (778 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: Oldie But Goodie: Allan Sherman's Mystery Guest Appearance on What's My Line?
This year we've been giving a lot of attention to Allan Sherman, whose Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah parody of life in sleepaway camp was released 50 years ago. We've posted a few rare unreleased recordings collected by Mark Cohen, who just published Overwei...
Dateline: 2013-06-12 9:22pm -07:00T (644 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: Love and Respect - Flash Mob Dances in Jerusalem to Support Pre-Nuptial Agreements
In mid-May, lots of couples dressed up as brides and grooms went out to dance on Ben Yehuda Street in the middle of Jerusalem to the sounds of the song "Love and Respect". The dance was created as part of a campaign of two organizations Kolech and M...
Dateline: 2013-06-11 9:52pm -07:00T (497 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: Happpy Birthday, Jackie Mason: Still Going Strong at 82
Comedian Jackie Mason celebrated his 82nd birthday on Sunday, and he's as active as ever, with public and private performances scheduled into 2014. Born Yacov Moshe Maza in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Jackie followed his three brothers, father, grandfather, and...
Dateline: 2013-06-10 9:22pm -07:00T (405 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: A Joke to Start the Week: "Brand New Rolls Royce"
It's Monday again. Where did the weekend go? Oh well, if we have to go back to work, we might as well start the week off with a joke. Here's one from our favorite source, Old Jews Telling Jokes.Today's joke teller is 94-year-old real estate agent Malcolm ...
Dateline: 2013-06-09 10:22pm -07:00T (326 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: Sexually Suggestive Double Entendre Provokes Uncontrollable Laughter in Knesset Session
An unintentional sexually suggestive double entendre spoken by a member of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) touched off an uproarious five minute long bout of laughter last Monday night. As Stuart Winer reported in The Times of Israel, Education Minister ...
Dateline: 2013-06-08 9:22pm -07:00T (811 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Hava Nagila Resonates in Southern Poland
In Southeastern Poland, close to the borders with and Slovakia, the sounds of Hava Nagila were heard in the streets of Rzesziw in 2010. The song was featured in a concert outdoors in the rain, with a large chorus and orchestra leading the way, and the lar...
Dateline: 2013-06-07 12:07am -07:00T (460 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: A Comedy Classic: Alan King Reminisces About His Family
Alan King (1927-2004) was synonymous with classic Jewish comedy during his career which lasted about 50 years starting in 1955. He had roles in many movies, but we remember him most vividly for his stand-up comedy routines in the Catskills and on televisi...
Dateline: 2013-06-05 10:22pm -07:00T (249 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: Ashkenazi and Sephardi Chefs Square Off at London Gefiltefest
You may have noticed that most of our posts are related to events in the United States, but we don't want to neglect funny and Jewish happenings in the other 190 countries (no, we're not kidding) where Jewish Humor Central is read.On May 19, our brethren ...
Dateline: 2013-06-04 10:07pm -07:00T (498 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: Another Lost (and Found) Allan Sherman Parody: Overweight People (Over the Rainbow)
Two weeks ago we posted There is Nothing Like a Lox, one of a group of long-lost parodies recorded by Allan Sherman, the king of musical parody. The story behind the song and others like 76 Sol Cohens is presented in Overweight Sensation: The Life and Com...
Dateline: 2013-06-03 9:53pm -07:00T (430 words)
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Jewish Humor Central: A Joke to Start the Week: "Worthington and Worthington"
Once again we take our Monday morning dip into the vast reservoir of Old Jews Telling Jokes to get a start on the work week. Today's jokester is 69-year-old writer and producer Michael Miller.Here's the setup: There were these two partners in the garment ...
Dateline: 2013-06-02 10:38pm -07:00T (306 words)
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