In 'The Last Jewish Joke,' eminent Parisian sociologist Michel Wieviorka laments the passing of an era in Jewish humor.

The show has a “deep sense of certain kinds of Jewish language and knowledge that is sometimes absent in some treatments of U ...

So maybe the last Jewish joke isn’t the last after all. Maybe it’s just the latest retelling of an old story — ours — one that keeps finding ways to make us laugh when the world conspires to make ...

Michael Krasny's new book is called Let There Be Laughter. He tells NPR's Scott Simon about this treasury of great Jewish jokes, and why they matter. Michael Krasny joins us now from his studios at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Social communication favors those who get to ask the questions. They can make others feel inadequate or insensitive. Defense ...

On Sept. 14, Rabbi Igael Gurin-Malous, the senior rabbi at Beit T’Shuvah in Los Angeles, who goes by Rabbi Iggy, led a ...

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HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 2: (L to R) Actors Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie and Carl Reiner from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" accept their Legend Award during the TV Land Awards 2003 at the Hollywood ...

The badkhn was a staple in East European Jewish life for three centuries, mocking brides and grooms at their weddings. He also was in charge of Purim spiels in shtetl society.His humor was biting, ...