New comics changing Jewish comedy and Judaism

Jewish comedy is, of course, a long and vaunted tradition: Joan Rivers, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Larry David. No one had to tell audiences that they were Jewish. Sure, there was Jewish content to some of their jokes — Bruce’s most famous bit is about the difference between Jews and non-Jews. But the... The post How a new generation of comics is changing the face of Jewish comedy — and Judaism itself appeared first on The Forward.