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Judd Apatow on why Mel Brooks’ influence ‘will last as long as our jokes’

Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, directors of the new HBO documentary on Brooks, talk about his legacy of laughter

By PJ Grisar Jan 19, 2026 | 5 min read
Film & TV
Charles Grodin was a curmudgeon with a gooey center

A new documentary shows how the late actor used his celebrity for good

By PJ Grisar Jan 12, 2026 | 3 min read
Film & TV
In ‘31 Candles,’ a manchild becomes bar mitzvah to court his crush

The rom-com is a messy meditation on American Jewry

By PJ Grisar Nov 19, 2025 | 3 min read
Books
How the Yonkers-born son of Jewish immigrants became the king of American comedy

In what could be called 'Your Biography of Biographies,' David Margolick chronicles the unlikely stardom of Sid Caesar

By Ann Levin Nov 10, 2025 | 3 min read
Opinion
Can an idyllic dream of Israel ever be reality? She says: ‘Coexistence, My Ass’

Noam Shuster Eliassi has seen the best of Israel. It's not enough

By Nora Berman Oct 24, 2025 | 5 min read
Culture
Satire on ‘Saturday Night Live’ used to be a deadly weapon; is it still enough in the Trump era?

An exhibit of the papers of Lorne Michaels offers sobering insights about the limits of humor

By Robert Zaretsky Oct 10, 2025 | 5 min read
Culture
Has the Jewish joke become an endangered species — Òu sont les blagues d’antan?

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

By Benjamin Ivry Oct 8, 2025 | 4 min read
Culture
A 91-year-old Jewish comedian walked into a pub — and out with my heart

Antisemitism is on the upswing. D’yan Forest isn’t daunted.

By Clara Shapiro Oct 3, 2025 | 4 min read

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