Before there was The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was a long history of Jewish female comedians, standing up and speaking out. Although stand-up comedy is often described as a “boy’s club,” the truth ...

Peter Sellers, the Jewish English comedian who was born 100 years ago on Sept. 8, 1925, lived at a time before leading men were generally comfortable identifying as Jews onscreen. The historian Harry ...

Stand-up comedian Mordechai Rosenfeld distinguishes between "comedians who are Jewish," and "Jewish comedians"--and he classifies himself in the latter category. "The Jewish is right up front," said ...