Jewish Journal

‘We Met at Grossinger’s’ Brings the Borscht Belt to Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival

Director Paula Eiselt’s documentary acknowledges the early careers of Mel Brooks, Buddy Hackett, Carl Reiner, Joan Rivers and ...
dailyfreeman.com

Borscht Belt Fest returns to Ellenville this weekend

ELLENVILLE, N.Y. — Borscht Belt Fest returns to the village Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27 with comedians, illustrationists, live music, panels, food and more celebrating the legacy and stories ...
Sun Sentinel

Before ‘SNL,’ there was Sid Caesar — and a roomful of Jewish writers

Sid Caesar once dominated American television so completely that it was hard to imagine Saturday nights without him. In the early 1950s, his live sketch-comedy program “Your Show of Shows” drew tens ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Meet the pioneering Jewish female comedian you’ve probably never heard of

Jean Carroll is considered the first Jewish woman to do stand-up comedy. Now, an event aims to introduce New Yorkers to this influential yet little-known legend. Before there was Joan Rivers and Susie ...
The Forward

How a new generation of comics is changing the face of Jewish comedy — and Judaism itself

Jewish comedy is, of course, a long and vaunted tradition: Joan Rivers, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Larry David. No one had to tell audiences that they were Jewish. Sure, there was Jewish ...
Sun Sentinel

Woodstock, but make it Orthodox: A Jewish music festival comes to the Catskills

(New York Jewish Week) — An Orthodox Jewish music festival will take place in Bethel, New York in August — at the very same location where the iconic Woodstock Music & Art Fair took place in August of ...