Comedian

Hanoch Daum speaks out about hilltop youth

Hanoch Daum's show, "Life Is a Difficult Age," is generally about how ordinary Daum’s life in the West Bank is.

HANOCH DAUM in "Life Is a Difficult Age."
Israeli comedian Yohay Sponder has taken his English-language stand-up show to audiences around the world, using humor to tackle war, antisemitism, and Jewish identity. PremiumPremium

'Jews never lose': Israeli comedian Yohay Sponder finds laughter amid war and hate

 Avi Liberman.

Koby Mandell Foundation turns 25, Comedy for Koby goes on 40th tour

Modi Rosenfeld takes the stage.

Bringing the Moshiach energy: Jewish comedian Modi Rosenberg comes to NYC's Radio City


Bill Cosby found liable in civil case for sexual assault in 1975

The verdict came nearly a year after Cosby was freed from prison when Pennsylvania's highest court threw out his sexual assault conviction in a different criminal case there. 

 Actor and comedian Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for the sentencing hearings in his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pennsylvania, US, September 25, 2018.

Jewish-American actor, comedian Gilbert Gottfried dies at 67

The iconic voice of comedy died after a long battle with a heart rhythm condition known as recurrent ventricular tachycardia.

 Gilbert Gottfried at the Writer's Guild of America East Solidarity Rally in Washington Square (2007).

Rachel Wolfson on being the first Jew and woman on the stunt comedy team

One ‘crazy’ family: ‘Jackass: Forever’ star Rachel Wolfson is the first woman in the troupe and the first Jewish member with prominent screen time in a “Jackass” movie.

 Rachel Wolfson in an uncomfortable scene with, from left, Chris Pontius, Eric Andre, and Eric Manaka — and a scorpion — in "Jackass: Forever."

Comedy for Koby comedians return to Israel

For the first show to go on, the comics will have to go through a 24-hour quarantine, while they wait for their results.

 Amir K will be joining the Comedy for Koby tour next week.

Why does Israel welcome ‘canceled’ Louis C.K.?

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Following Louis C.K.'s sexual misconduct scandal, his career took a nosedive, but the question remains if he was actually “canceled” – and whether anyone else truly has been.

 BETTER TIMES – Louis C.K. introduces the nominees for Best Documentary Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, in 2016.

Bob Saget passed away from trauma to the head, family shares

A statement explained that they "felt it only proper that the fans hear those conclusions directly from us."

Actor Bob Saget arrives at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, US, February 25, 2017.

The Holocaust is not a laughing matter, Jimmy Carr - opinion

The writer has been struggling to understand how anyone can think it’s okay to joke about the Holocaust.

 JIMMY CARR attends the 12th Annual Stand Up For Heroes at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in 2018

Tiffany Haddish shares her Jewish rituals: Shabbat dinners, hanging out with her rabbi

Haddish will appear alongside fellow Jewish actors Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Ben Schwartz and Dave Franco in her next film "The Afterparty."

Rabbi Susan Silverman officiates Tiffany Haddish's bat mitzvah December 3, 2019

Jon Stewart to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

The honor, given by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and awarded annually since 1998, has not been given to anyone for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Jon Stewart speaks backstage a "Stand Up for Heroes" benefit show in New York City, Nov. 4, 2019.

Rachel Antonoff’s latest lookbook features Jewish comics as models

Jewish fashion designer Rachel Antonoff's Spring 2022 lookbook features Jewish comic actors Bob Balaban and Susie Essman.

 Rachel Antonoff at the Animal Haven Gala in New York City, May 22, 2019.