Fiction Horizon on MSN

The Comedy Classic You Can’t Miss Is Now Streaming on Prime Video

Blazing Saddles, the legendary comedy from Mel Brooks, is now available for streaming on Prime Video, giving audiences a ...
Jewish Exponent

Well-Known Comedic Duo Comes to Philly to Tell Tales of Judaism in Sweden

Explore the YidLife Crisis and its unique take on Jewish culture in Sweden. Discover the comedy behind Yiddish heritage.
Comic Basics on MSN

A Comedy Classic Just Started Streaming on Prime Video

Mel Brooks’ 1974 comedy classic Blazing Saddles is now available for streaming on Prime Video, giving a new generation of ...
Santa Monica Daily Press

Musical Comedy About Yiddish Storyteller Returns to Santa Monica Playhouse

A musical comedy celebrating the life and work of beloved Yiddish storyteller Sholom Aleichem will return to Santa Monica Playhouse this August and September for its sixth year. "Aleichem Sholom! The ...
The Forward on MSN

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.
J. The Jewish News of Northern California

Carmel Jewish film fest features Jews in Sweden, in space and beyond

From documentary to comedy to heartfelt drama, this film festival brings a slate of films to the Monterey Bay area.
The Berkshire Edge

BITS & BYTES: Tammie Brown at The Foundry; Art in the Berkshires and The Lenox Collection partnership; CATA at Becket Arts Center; Bottomless Bricks at Wander; Mi…

The Foundry presents “‘Ethereal,” a night of cosmic camp and otherworldly comedy with Bohemian drag Superstar Tammie Brown.
NPR

Yiddish is making a comeback

Yiddish, the historic language of Jews in Europe and Russia, was once nearly extinguished. But now Jews drawn to the language for different reasons are keeping Yiddish alive. Before World War II, some ...