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Everything I learned about Jewish humor I learned from Mad magazine
For a Catholic kid from a white-bread town, the usual gang of idiots offered an education and a lifeline
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Taking a COVID home test? Get the magnifying glass and pay attention!
What's more complicated than tax returns? Confusing self-test instructions in tiny print on top of anxiety
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Theater Billy Crystal’s fake Yiddish was a Jewish standout at the Tonys — but how should Jews feel about it?
The shtick was familiar and fun, but did it reduce the mameloshn to a punchline?
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How Gene Wilder became such a unique Jewish comedian
Gene Wilder had an atypical approach to Jewish humor
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The gospel of ‘Kingdom Business’ director Christopher Erskin
Despite his Jewish background, Erskin says he didn't feel at all conflicted about helming a show about the gospel music industry
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A humongous retrospective honors the glorious career of an iconic Jewish photographer
William Klein’s humor and social conscience have informed his work since the 1940s
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‘Stranger Things’ fans deny their tattoos evoke the Holocaust — it’s a growing trend.
Tattooing prisoners did not begin in WWII, but on the cult TV horror show, the parallels with Nazi torture are too obvious to ignore
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What happens if a Black woman plays Anne Frank?
In a new short film, a white Jew and a Black gentile go head-to-head for the role of the Jewish teenager, opening questions of race and casting.
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Bintel Brief I’m fed up with the wedding-and-baby-etiquette industrial complex. Can I opt out?
Bintel advises a writer who no longer wishes to participate in the compulsory gift-giving world of the mid-30s millennial.
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How to get closer to Lou Reed than you ever could in real life
‘Caught Between the Twisted Stars’ features artifacts from every phase of the artist’s career
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Music Israeli singer Bat Ella to bring her Hebrew versions of Debbie Friedman’s songs to NYC
To mark the 11th anniversary of the American singer-songwriter’s death, the Israeli musician will perform her versions of Friedman’s music at Park Avenue Synagogue.
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