Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Sarah Silverman. Read below for all the latest news on the loud, controversial and proud Jewish comedian.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Sarah Silverman. Read below for all the latest news on the loud, controversial and proud Jewish comedian.
The actress' recent racist remarks bely white Jewish women's conditional relationship to the privileges of white femininity
The comedian lamented ‘All this death and rage between cousins’
'This isn’t about making a non-Jewish actor look more like Leonard Bernstein; it’s about making a non-Jewish actor look more like a Jewish stereotype,' one critic tweeted
In HBO’s ‘Someone You Love,’ the comic may charm skeptics tired of her sanctimony
Plus: Seth Rogen's bizarre new project, and an unexpected tribute to Steven Spielberg
A series of conversations among a quintet of critics after a field trip to ‘The Bedwetter’
Bob Einstein was a comedic test case in nature versus nurture. In the end, comedy was what came naturally. The son of vaudevillian Parkyakarkus (né Harry Einstein), who was a crackup on the radio and around the dinner table, Einstein had a showbiz pedigree. And yet, he rejected the call of entertainment until he was…
You know the headliner must be really important when her warm-up act is Sarah Silverman. “Without further ado, a Jew,” the comedian said as she introduced her sister, Rabbi Susan Silverman. The Oct. 3 celebrity-studded event at the home of actors Bradley Whitford and Amy Landecker was a fundraiser for the rabbi’s organization, Second Nurture,…
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