Jewish Humor Central is a daily publication to start your day with news of the Jewish world that's likely to produce a knowing smile and some Yiddishe nachas. It's also a collection of sources of Jewish humor--anything that brings a grin, chuckle, laugh, guffaw, or just a warm feeling to readers.
Our posts include jokes, satire, books, music, films, videos, food, Unbelievable But True, and In the News. Some are new, and some are classics. We post every morning, Sunday through Friday. Enjoy!
This week we go to Milan, Italy to welcome Shabbat with another version of Shalom Aleichem as performed by the Klezmer group ArcheoEnsemble at the Nuevo Teatro Ariberto.
The ArcheoEnsemble specializes in instrumental and vocal pieces in Hebrew and Yiddish.
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On this Throwback Thursday we're going back to an old episode of The Dean Martin Show where Sid Caesar played the role of a Gypsy violinist. The undated video clip, recorded sometime during the 1960s, has Sid distracted by Dean's date to the extent that he loses track of where he's supposed to be and ends up taking his violin to some unexpected places. Enjoy! A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS: THE VIDEO MAY NOT BE VIEWABLE DIRECTLY FROM THE EMAIL
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Last November, thought leaders from across the world
and from across the political, religious and social spectrum gathered in Palo Alto, California to discuss
the most relevant aspects of Jewish life today at the annual Z3 Conference. It featured a
cross-generational conversation about identity, culture and social
responsibility on multiple platforms including roundtables, workshops,
music and art exhibitions.
It also featured a funny opening monologue by standup comedian Joel Chasnoff. In his 14 minute routine, he contrasted diaspora Jews and Israelis, talked about the difficulties of explaining kosher food rules to flight attendants and tefillin to TSA agents, the miracle of the Israeli army, and using "Solomon Schechter Hebrew" to communicate with native Hebrew speakers. Enjoy! A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS: THE VIDEO MAY NOT BE VIEWABLE DIRECTLY FROM THE EMAIL
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The Yiddish folk love song Tumbalalaika
originated in Eastern Europe in the 19th century, but its exact origin
is hard to pinpoint. That hasn't prevented it from being sung and played
over and over, not only in places where Yiddish songs are sung, but
just about everywhere in the world, in vocal and instrumental versions,
in cabarets and in the movies.
Just as we have followed the songs Hava Nagila, Adon Olam, Hevenu Shalom Aleichem, and Abanibi as they took different forms as interpreted by a wide variety of
singers, musicians, and dancers, we've been posting many interpretations of this universal courting and love
song. Here's a new one from Mexico. Sol de Enverano was born in 2011 as a Mexican research project focusing on the music and oral tradition of the Sephardic people and other cultures that inhabit the Mediterranean area, mainly from Greece and Turkey.
In this interpretation, Sol de Enverano performs Tumbalalaika in Yiddish and Ladino.
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It's another Monday,
and it's time for another joke to start the week. Here comes another one from
Toronto's Jewish
Folks Telling Jokes, a night of comedy to benefit Jewish Family and Child, one of the foremost
Jewish service agencies in North America.
We'll be posting more
of these jokes on upcoming Mondays. Here's another one, told by Susan Jackson.
Here's
the setup:
Harry is sitting in the shul -- he gets there early for Mincha. All of a sudden there's a puff of smoke, and the devil appears. And then...
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The website The Laugh Planet specializes in publishing top 10 lists on Standup, TV, Film and Talk shows. It claims to be a trusted authority
on ranking Comedy culture. If you like Standup Comedy a lot, then
TheLaughPlanet is the right place for you.
Last month they published a ranking of the top 10 Jewish comedians of all time.
Do you agree with their choices? We have a hard time keeping the list down to only 10 comedians, but we think they've picked some very good ones. Our personal list includes some 60 comedians, and our lectures at Florida Atlantic University profiled 30 of them.
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This evening we welcome another Shabbat with Adon Olam, sung by Rita and Stephanie Shore. This mother and daughter team has been singing this exact arrangement
since Stephanie was 6 years old.
Cantor Rita Shore was the first woman cantor in Jewish History. The first
time the profession of cantor was passed down from mother to daughter
was between these two women.
Stephanie Shore received her Bachelors Degree from Florida International
University, majoring in voice. She grew up learning her Cantorial knowledge the old shtetl way from her
mother.
Stephanie Shore served as Cantor of
Congregation B’nai Israel in Boca Raton, Florida for 27 years.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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Back in March 1988, Steve Lawrence (Steve Liebowitz) and Eydie Gorme (Edith Gormezano) performed live on stage in Tokyo. Their concert included 25 songs, including That's What Friends Are For, composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. Steve and Eydie were always our favorite singers, and we were saddened in 2013 to hear that Eydie died at the age of 84. Eydie's parents were Sephardic Jews from Sicily and Turkey, and she was a first cousin to singer Neil Sedaka. Steve continued to perform until last year, when he revealed that he was in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
This rendition of That's What Friends Are For is a classic example of their song stylings.
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Hava Nagila always brings out the dancers, no matter where in the world it's played.
Last Friday, on the cold cobblestones of Deribasovskaya Street in Odessa, the third most populous city in Ukraine, a solo saxophone brought them out in the midst of their winter shopping to dance to this popular Jewish song. If you're keeping a count (and yes, we are) it's the 84th version of Hava Nagila that we've shared with our readers during the 10 years that we've been publishing Jewish Humor Central, and we look forward to posting many more in the days, weeks, months, and years to come. Enjoy! A
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In 2002, during a celebration of 100 years of the Folksbiene Yiddish theatre, New York Governor George Pataki presented a lifetime achievement award from the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York to actor Kirk Douglas. At the celebration, Douglas (who died on February 5 at the age of 103) was 85 years old and recovering from a severe stroke in 1996. When he received the award, he reflected on his two Bar Mitzvahs (at 13 and 83) and reminisced about delivering his first Bar Mitzvah speech in Yiddish. He then launched into a Yiddish song, Mein Yiddishe Meideleh, to the delight of the audience. Enjoy! A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS: THE VIDEO MAY NOT BE VIEWABLE DIRECTLY FROM THE EMAIL
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It's another Monday,
and it's time for another joke to start the week. Here comes another one from
Toronto's Jewish
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Jewish service agencies in North America.
We'll be posting more
of these jokes on upcoming Mondays. Here's another one, told by Julie Schwartz.
Here's the setup:
There's an elderly gentleman in a hospital bed, and a voluptuous beautiful young nurse comes in and she says "I'm here to give you a bath." And then...
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Comedian Elon Gold has the unique ability to find comedy in everyday activities, like the prayers we say in synagogue on special occasions. Commonly called Benching Gomel, saying the prayer Birkat Hagomel, which is said publicly after recovering from a serious illness or returning from a dangerous journey, can sound funny if it is said after a non-threatening experience such as returning from a kosher cruise or a luxury Passover vacation in Mexico. Gold mocks people who say the prayer after these experiences and calls the practice "Gomel abuse." Enjoy! A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS:
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Tonight we welcome Shabbat with two versions of the Kabbalat Shabbat song Yedid Nefesh combined into one. It's sung by the two principal singers of the Dina and Zucker Project.
The Dina & Zucker Project's aim is to show Ashkenazi and Sephardic
dimensions of Jewish musical culture in one song. The two vocalists are,
Dina Pandzarisz, world-famous singer, ambassador of Sephardic music,
and Immanuel Zucker, chief cantor from Budapest.
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George Burns and Gracie Allen worked together as a successful comedy team that entertained vaudeville, film, radio, and television audiences for over forty years.
The duo met in 1922 and married in 1926. Burns was the straight man and Allen was a silly, addle-headed woman. Their 30-minute radio show debuted in September 1934 as The Adventures of Gracie, whose title changed to The Burns and Allen Show in 1936; the series ran, moving back and forth between NBC and CBS, until May 1950.
After their radio show's cancellation, Burns and Allen reemerged on television with a popularsituation comedy, which ran from 1950 to 1958.
Here's a skit from their TV series in which George and Gracie banter about Gracie's uncle Otis and his election campaign for City Council in San Francisco.
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As a comedian, Andy Kaufman was truly one of a kind. After making a name for himself on Saturday Night Live with his Elvis Presley imitation, he took it to The Johnny Carson Show and other variety shows and perfected it to such an extent that audiences believed it was Elvis himself singing. Starting with his awkward Foreign Man voice and awkward bearing, Kaufman started out doing really bad imitations and when he announced that he would be doing "The Elvis Presley," you didn't expect much. But wow, what a performance he turned in. Enjoy! A
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Jewish YouTube blogger Xiaoma brought a group of his Chinese friends to NYC’s famous 2nd Avenue Deli to try authentic, traditional Eastern European Ashkenazic Jewish Food for the first time!
They ordered all the classics, including gefilte fish, chopped liver, pickles (full-sour and half-sour), sauerkraut, cholent, matzoh ball soup, blintzes, knishes, potato kugel, and of course pastrami sandwiches. Some of the items they loved, others…not so much!!!
Xiaoma is an
American who's fascinated with international foods and cultures. Until
the age of 18 he grew up speaking exclusively English, and then he got the
chance to learn Mandarin and live in Beijing for a year where he fell in
love with Chinese food, language, and culture. Enjoy this Chinese journey to the land of the Jewish deli.
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Today is the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat, also known as Tu B'Shvat. No, it's not
another fast day. It's a real holiday, but one without any
restrictions. The holiday is known as Jewish Arbor Day and the New Year
for trees. It's a day to feel good about the bounty of nature,
including trees, fruits and nuts.
It
is customary to eat fruits on this day, especially fruits from
Israel. This includes figs, dates, oranges, pomegranates, and
persimmons or Sharon fruit (afarsimonim). All are available at most
supermarkets or gourmet groceries.
Tu B'Shvat is a time for
singing, feasting, and rejoicing. So here's a video walk-through the Shuk HaCarmel market in Tel Aviv with its many aisles of all kinds of fruits and nuts.
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The Israel Ministry of Tourism has been bringing journalists and celebrities to Israel from around the world. Last month they hosted biker Fabio Wibmer, whose new video gives us a new perspective on some of Israel's fabulous sights and sites. As Naama Barak wrote for Israel 21c,
Wibmer is a 24-year-old Austrian biker and professional Red Bull
athlete who has a huge social media following: 3.92 million subscribers
on YouTube as well as 1.4 million followers on Instagram. On Facebook,
considered an elderly app by most of his peers, his page is liked by a
mere 337,000 people.
In the six-minute video, Wibmer rides his bike and pulls off tricks
against the backdrop of Jerusalem’s Old City, Tel Aviv’s waterfront and
Jaffa’s cobbled streets, as well as the unearthly terrain of the Dead Sea and the desert landscape of Masada and the Ramon Crater.
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Today we welcome another Shabbat with a new version of Lecha Dodi from the Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat service sung by French singer David Hababou. Hababou, a native of Paris, is the third of a family of eight children and has been interested in
music from a very young age. He plays guitar and piano just like his elder brother Mendel. His father won
first prize in the conservatory of piano in Nice, and his famous
grandfather Michel Hababou accompanied
several celebrities during his long musical career in the 1970′s.
He became known with his first single Adon Olam in
which he sang with his two little brothers, Dov and Chmouel.
This is the 30th version of Lecha Dodi that we're posting. We hope that you'll enjoy David's unique interpretation of this classic prayer that was recorded on the beach in Netanya with his brothers. Shabbat shalom! A
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Kirk Douglas as Colonel Mickey Marcus in "Cast a Giant Shadow"
On this Throwback Thursday we remember renowned actor, producer, and director Kirk Douglas, who died yesterday at the age of 103. Most of the newspaper obituaries and YouTube videos are focusing on his famous roles in Champion, Spartacus, Lust for Life, and Paths of Glory, and on his role in breaking the Hollywood blacklist of writers who were suspected of Communist sympathies. But our most vivid recollection of Douglas (born Issur Danielovich to Russian Jewish immigrants) is his role in the 1966 movie Cast a Giant Shadow about the life of American Colonel Mickey Marcus, who assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and who became Israel's first modern general.
Here is a scene from Cast a Giant Shadow, which also starred Yul Brynner, John Wayne, and Frank Sinatra. Enjoy! A
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We've been posting versions of Hebrew liturgical and popular songs by Yonina (Yoni and Nina Tokayer, a married musical duo who live in the small town of Pardes Chana,
Israel.)
They have been uploading home videos to
Facebook and Youtube and reaching millions. They have both been singing and
writing since they can remember, and have been making music together ever
since they met.
The name Yonina is a combination of both their first names, Yoni and Nina.
Here they are singing the song A Million Dreams from the film The Greatest Showman.
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Every fall, 1500 line dance enthusiasts know where the action will be -- Las Vegas, of course. It's the home of the annual Line Dance Explosion, where hundreds of dancers from countries all over the world congregate for the world's greatest line dance event. Israel and Israeli music is well represented, and Israeli dances are very popular. At the 2019 event, one of the most popular dances was to the song Hinei Ma Tov, which has found a following in many countries. Here's a video of instructor Silvio Berlfein leading a group of line dancers in a version of Hinei Ma Tov with the recording by the Miami Boys Choir providing the musical accompaniment. Enjoy! A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS:
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It's another Monday,
and it's time for another joke to start the week. Here comes another one from
Toronto's Jewish
Folks Telling Jokes, a night of comedy to benefit Jewish Family and Child, one of the foremost
Jewish service agencies in North America.
We'll be posting more
of these jokes on upcoming Mondays. Here's another one, told by Henry Rendall.
Here's the setup:
It's a Friday morning, and a cute little Jewish man walks into a fancy gourmet
delicatessen in Yorkville. And then...
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Just Published: The Kustanowitz Kronikle - 35 Years of Purim Parody
Every Purim for the past 35 years we have published a Purim parody edition of The Kustanowitz Kronikle, covering virtually every aspect of Jewish life, and including parodies of hundreds of popular movies. This year we decided to retire the series and capture all the fun in a book that's just been published and is available at Amazon.com. It has every Purim issue of The Kustanowitz Kronikle from 1988 through 2022 in a full-color, full-size paperback book with hilarious headline stories and parody movie picks. Here are a few examples: TRUMP, NETANYAHU SWAP ROLES, COUNTRIES; NEW TALMUD VOLUME "VOTIN" FOUND IN IRAQ; JOINS "FRESSIN", "NAPPIN", TANTZEN","PATCHEN"; "JUDAICARE" PROGRAM PLANNED TO ENSURE THAT ALL JEWS HAVE SYNAGOGUE MEMBERSHIP; RABBIS CREATE TALMUD AMERICANI; NEW LAWS EXTEND HALACHA TO THANKSGIVING AND JULY 4; JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE UNITE TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING; FOCUS ON REDUCING HOT AIR; RABBIS TO REQUIRE SHECHITA FOR MANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
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"Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places" is now available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle editions
This book presents 150 anecdotes and associated video clips that reveal the myriad ways that Jewish culture, religion, humor, music, song, and dance have found expression in parts of the world that, at first glance, might not seem supportive of Jewish Life. It includes 50 videos of Hava Nagila being performed from Texas to Thailand, from India to Iran, and from Buenos Aires to British Columbia. Also highlighted are 34 international versions of Hevenu Shalom Aleichem, Adon Olam, Abanibi, and Tumbalalaika. Whether you’re reading the print version and typing in the video URLs or reading the e-book version and clicking on the links, you’ll have access to 150 video clips totaling more than 10 hours of video. Enjoy!
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This book explores the multifaceted nature of humor in Israel, some of which is intentional and some of which is unintentional. Either way, the quirks of Israeli life contribute to making that life interesting and fulfilling. In the pages of this volume, we take a look at humorous slices of Israeli life, Israeli comedy, satire and parody, funny TV commercials, unusual stories about food, surprising rabbinic bans on daily activities, simchas as they can only be celebrated in Israel, and endearing aspects of Israeli culture. There are more than 120 anecdotes and links to video clips totaling more than six hours of video. We hope that these anecdotes and video clips give you a new and different insight into life in Israel, and encourage you to join in the fun by planning a visit to the land flowing with milk and honey.
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He has presented more than 100 programs in South Florida and the Northeast on topics that include the great comedians and entertainers of the 20th century, funniest moments in film and television, flash mobs around the world, and composers and lyricists of the Great American Songbook.
He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the City University of New York and taught computer science courses at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the International Association of Yiddish Clubs.
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Boarding School Massachusetts
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Every fall the Massachusetts Health Connector provides information
concerning the public higher education institutions and designed to prevent
offenders ...
A chat with some protesters…
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Originally posted on don of all trades:
Hi protesters, it’s me, Don. Do you remember me? No? I’m a police officer.
We’ve met before. Excuse me? Did you say...
Jerusalem Walking Tours for Sukkot
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It is about time that I brought back my “Jerusalem: Meet Jerusalem” walking
tour series. And while I am nearing completion on a few new ones that I
hope to...
Trayf of the Week: Bacon Jam
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Just when you thought it was safe to eat your bagels in mixed company,
comes this devilish concoction. Next time a Goyishe friend offers you a
shmear, mak...
another fast day. It's a real holiday, but one without any
restrictions. The holiday is known as Jewish Arbor Day and the New Year
for trees. It's a day to feel good about the bounty of nature,
including trees, fruits and nuts.
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