Comedy

Kaplan Medical Center fundraiser comedy event sells out ahead of Shavuot

A charity stand-up comedy event held ahead of Shavuot drew a full house this week as hundreds gathered to support the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Kaplan Medical Center.

Prof. Tarif Bader, director of Kaplan Medical Center and Herzfeld Hospital and Amos Shavit, CEO of the Friends of Kaplan Medical Center Association
‘FANTASY LIFE’ debuts Matthew Shear, who stars alongside Amanda Peet.

‘Fantasy Life,’ a Jewish-American dramedy, stars neurotic New Yorkers

Nora Navas and Rodrigo de la Serna in 'My Friend Ava.'

Spanish film, 'My Friend Eva' - an unromantic comedy, defined by covert cynicism

THE TROUPE

Laughing through it: Israeli comedy films to celebrate Independence Day


Comedian Richard Lewis, dark prince of Jewish neurosis, dies at 76

Lewis had been in ill health for a number of years and last April announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease two years earlier.

 Jewish comedian Richard Lewis

'The Daily Show's Jon Stewart rejects 'military solution' to Hamas in latest episode

Stewart compared America's criticism of Israel to advice to an addict from his drug dealer, and called on Israel to cease fire, and Hamas to release hostages, "without preconditions."

 Jon Stewart addresses the war in Gaza on the Daily Show, February 26, 2024.

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