There’s a lot of laughter at Baruch College this year, and it’s coming from the classroom of a professor of statistics & computer information systems. The new course is “Jewish Humor,” which attempts ...

In the weeks following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, Elon Gold couldn’t feel funny. How could the Jewish comedian, who normally performs almost every other night, crack jokes as he was still ...

In these times of economic stress, the suffering of the Jew is as keen as that of any other representative class of population. Yet in searching through the storehouse of his rich past, he may still ...

Jewish humor and Jewish theology share something in common. I can think of any number of jokes whose punch lines say something profound about God (“Work with me here — buy a ticket!”). And we need ...

Dick Wolfsie, the Indianapolis humorist from radio, TV and newspapers, will try something new on Aug. 18 by stepping onto the stage at IndyFringe to perform a one-man show: "The Art of the Jewish Joke ...

Michael Krasny is having a moment. Maybe because the country is in such a dark place right now, everybody wants to talk to him about his new book, “Let There be Laughter: A Treasury of Great Jewish ...

Jokes are no joke. Freud himself and countless other scholars have studied jokes as artifacts of human civilization and embodiments of theology, philosophy and morality. And that’s exactly what ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. Uh oh. Judaism ...

Yoo-hoo! Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart, Larry David! No matter how unreligious you comics may be, American Jews seem proud to claim you. Well, mostly. You know the joke: Two Jews, three opinions. But ...

Get Smart is essentially the comedy equivalent of one of William Gibson’s recent novels. It’s present-day science fiction, filled with superspies and high-tech gadgets that just might exist in real ...

Just as the furor over Lena Dunham's "Dog or Jewish Boyfriend?" jokes was winding down, a new controversy over Jewish jokes has begun. Trevor Noah, the newly announced replacement for "Daily Show" ...