Comedy

‘Checkout’s super return, what’s up in ‘Widow’s Bay,’ Pacino's ‘Serpico’ makes a comeback

The series 'Widow’s Bay' just won 14 Emmys, breaking the record for most wins for a comedy, but if you don’t have Apple TV+, you might not have heard of it.

AL PACINO in ‘Serpico.’
A SCENE from Season 6 of the popular Israeli sitcom 'Checkout.'

‘Checkout’ creators discuss Season 6, box office hit, and writing comedy during wartime - interview

American Jewish actor and comedian Michael Rapaport visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on a trip to Israel in December 2023.

Michael Rapaport to star in Comedy for Koby Sukkot tour

David Isaacson’s 'My Other Half.'

'My Other Half': Sex, drugs, rock & roll, philosophy, and cynicism - book review


Hollywood goes bananas for 'The Monkey House'

In spite of the movie theaters being closed for much of October due to the war, the movie has continued to draw audiences.

 ADIR MILLER in Avi Nesher’s ‘The Monkey House.’

Hanoch Levin’s laughing mammoth - opera review

In Levin’s dark comedy, there is something in the nature of living itself that oppresses us. London might have mammoths, good television, and pianos – but all are outside our reach.

 A SCENE from ‘Hanoch Levin – The Opera.’

'Eretz Nehederet' uses TikTok to mock UNRWA-Hamas scandal

The program joked that UNRWA believed they were hosting a "Student exchange program" before depicting a Gaza captive.

Eretz Nehederet, a popular satirical comedy program on Israeli primetime television, took the opportunity to run with a popular TikTok trend and poked fun at the ongoing UNRWA scandal in a new video released on the platform on Tuesday. January 30, 2024.

US comics help Israelis cope with trauma of Hamas attack

Steadily, some form of normality has returned in Israel; now, comedy shows are sold out as rocket attacks from Gaza have started to subside.

 American comedian Ian Lara

Jewish comedian Gianmarco Soresi goes viral after learning how to sign ‘Nazi’ in ASL 

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.

 ADOLF HITLER reviews his troops during the victory parade in Vienna following the German annexation of Austria, March 16, 1938. Hitler called Lueger ‘the greatest German mayor of all times’ in ‘Mein Kampf.’

Amid Israel-Hamas war, Comedy for Koby arms Israelis with laughter

“Laughter is healing,” said the foundation’s executive director, Eliana Mandell Braner, whose brother Koby was murdered by terrorists in 2001 when he was 13.

 Butch Bradley in action

‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ highlights a Jewish comic genius

In recorded excerpts from Wilder’s memoirs and interviews, Wilder speaks about “mysterious brushes with irony” that shaped his fate.

ZERO MOSTEL and Gene Wilder in ‘The Producers’

What were Israel's top pop culture moments of 2023?

Concerts, stand-up, successful films, oh my! The year 2023 was filmed with iconic moments by Israeli stars, as well as stars in Israel.

 Noa Kirel

A starry night in Bethlehem: Eretz Nehederet at it again in latest skit

Stranger Things star Brett Gelman put his rich comedic talent to use to support Israel during wartime by performing in a sketch on the comedy show.

Brett Gelman appears on 'Eretz Nehederet.'

British Airways pulls Jewish sitcom from flights to stay neutral

Concerned about appearing biased amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, British Airways decided not to screen the Jewish sitcom Hapless on its flights.

 British Airways Airbus A350-1000