Jewish comedians Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon have spoken out after having their shows axed unexpectedly, believing they were withdrawn on a false pretext. Both were due to perform at 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 ...

Edelman’s show last year was a huge hit. Becca Meyers (producing director of JFEST) said in her introduction that Edelman is ...

“Grandiloquent,” playing at the West Village’s Lucille Lortel Theatre through Feb. 8, is both deeply personal and extremely Jewish. Jewish stand-up comedian Gary Gulman is trying a new approach in his ...

Comedian Gibran Saleem had never met a Jewish person until starting his graduate studies at New York University more than a decade ago. The child of Pakistani immigrants, Saleem was raised in a Muslim ...

Stand-up comedian Mordechai Rosenfeld distinguishes between “comedians who are Jewish,” and “Jewish comedians”-and he classifies himself in the latter category. “The Jewish is right up front,” said ...

OK, this isn’t the setup for an actual joke. Rather, it’s the premise of Comedy for Peace, a touring ensemble of stand-up comics from different religious backgrounds that perform on the same bill to ...

Tickets: Gen. adm. $25; discounts for seniors, students, teachers, members of the military and groups of 8 or more. Post show wine and nibbles (and maybe some latkes) reception on Opening Night (Jan ...

The translator imitated Hitler’s mustache with two fingers placed on her upper lip while her other hand did a reduced ‘sieg heil’ gesture, something commonly practiced in Nazi Germany.