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!
Allan Sherman dominated the world of
song parody during the 1960s and recorded eight albums, starting with My Son the Folksinger. Listening
to or reading his lyrics is a crash course in pop culture of the 1960s,
with Sherman taking satiric swipes at summer camp, psychiatry, fad
diets, Hadassah ladies, school dropouts, and upward mobility. The
popularity of his parodies got him many guest appearances on TV variety
shows. In this video clip, Sherman joins Andy Williams in a take-off of Chim Chim Cheree that pokes fun at all the special ingredients touted in 1960s commercials, such as teflon, orlon, banlon, marfac, melmac, fluoristan, lanolin, and many others.
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Mel Brooks turned 95 yesterday and his birthday triggered good wishes from other big names in the entertainment industry.
Born Melvin Kaminsky in 1926, Brooks is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows (1950–1954) alongside Woody Allen, Neil Simon, and Larry Gelbart. Together with Carl Reiner, he created the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man. He wrote, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970.
In middle age, Brooks became one of the most successful film
directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top 10
moneymakers of the year they were released. His best-known films include
The Producers (1967), The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World, Part I (1981), Spaceballs (1987), and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007 and was remade into a musical film in 2005.
Here are two short birthday greeting videos from Sarah Silverman with Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Kimmel.
Happy Birthday, Mel !!!
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It's another Monday,
and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today we're bringing you another joke told by
David Apfel. Now living in Modiin, Israel, David
Apfel is an accomplished entertainer and chazzan. He sings in several languages
with repertoire ranging from the musicals to opera. He has officiated
internationally at several orthodox synagogues and he also specializes in
''Kosher Komedie''.
Here's the setup
for today's joke: After a meeting at Camp David between Israelis and Iranians, the Israeli chief negotiator and the Ayatollah find themselves in a plane that develops engine trouble. And
then...
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Cookie Kibitznik, your favorite Jewish mother, is back. She's a
tell-it-like-it-is,
unfiltered, power-walking, pool-jogging, brisket-making giver of sage
advice! She's here to teach you Yiddish, and you'll be plotzing from
laughter!
These
videos are not meant to compete with serious Yiddish language tutorials
such as the new Duolingo course or Rukhl Schaechter's Word of the Day
lessons from the Forward. They focus on Yiddish words that you probably
already know, but illustrate their use in hilarious ways. They are
produced and
acted out by a woman who reveals only her first name, Perri. In today's
video and other that we will be sharing in the coming weeks, she
assumes the identity of Cookie Kibitznik, a yenta if we ever saw won.
In
this episode, Cookie shows how to wear a schmatte, and how not to be one.
Enjoy!
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Beit
Tefilah Israeli (BTI) is a fast-growing community in Tel Aviv that is
renewing and revitalizing the notion of prayer. Services at BTI combine
live music, modern poetry and literature with the traditional prayer
book.
In recent years BTI became famous for its Summer Kabbalat Shabbat
service at the Tel Aviv port, which attracts up to 800 worshippers each
week. This phenomenon—attracting many secular Israelis who once felt
marginalized by the Jewish community—is now being replicated in
Jerusalem and throughout Israel.
Today we welcome Shabbat with the BTI version of Yedid Nefesh, a liturgical poem at the beginning of the Kabbalat Shabbat service.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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Today we're going back 50 years to 1971 and another great standup performance by Myron Cohen on The Ed Sullivan Show.
In this episode the legendary comedian spins a few short tales about marital infidelity and close calls. The audience loves it.
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Born
in Queens with the name Rikhters to a Yiddish-speaking family, Don Rickles began
doing stand-up comedy performing in hotels in the Catskill Mountains in
New York.
He became known as an insult comedian by responding to his
hecklers. The audience enjoyed these insults more than his prepared
material, and he incorporated them into his act.
In 1984, Rickles hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live and delivered a monologue in which his political incorrectness spared no group from his insults. In less than 10 minutes he managed to cast aspersions on Italians, Irish, Jews, Blacks, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, fat people, and even (with difficulty) Swedes. But always funny in classic Rickles style, and not in a mean spirited way.
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If there's anyone who knows how to make an audience laugh, it's Annie Korzen, a writer, actress, and performer who has appeared on Seinfeld and other TV shows, and was a regular on Old Jews Telling Jokes. Korzen began her career as an actress-writer in New York's
Off-Broadway scene. She has also worked in films (Tootsie, Stardust
Memories, etc.). In Los Angeles, Annie had a recurring role on Seinfeld,
playing Doris Klompus in the Florida condo. She also has been on E.R.,
Judging Amy, Oliver Beene and many other TV shows. Annie created two solo shows that combine comedy, original music,
and provocative issues. One of them is called Yenta Unplugged, a
sophisticated 90-minute celebration of womanhood, from the Bronx to
Beverly Hills. She has appeared as a storyteller with The Moth Mainstage in L. A.,
Berkeley, and Boston, and has been a regular participant at spoken word venues in Los Angeles and New York.
In this storytelling performance in 2019, Annie tells about what happened when she got an eviction notice and believed her life was over. Not true, as she discovered as the pain turned into laughs.
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It's another Monday and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today Mickey Greenblatt is back with another good one.
Marshal (Mickey) Greenblatt received degrees from Columbia (BA and BS in Flight Sciences), a DC from Von Karman Institute (1963) and his PhD from Princeton in Aerospace Sciences. He worked as a researcher for NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory.
With four other scientists, he founded Fusion Systems Corporation, which invented microwave-powered UV lamps for drying coatings. He founded and served on the boards of technology companies and is active in volunteer work. He served on the executive committee of the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington for many years.
Mickey
also loves Jewish jokes and sent us this one to share with you. Here's
the setup: Rose and Mary are two middle aged women who happen to be sitting next to each other on a long distance flight. To pass the time they started to converse. And then...
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Cookie Kibitznik, your favorite Jewish mother, is back. She's a
tell-it-like-it-is,
unfiltered, power-walking, pool-jogging, brisket-making giver of sage
advice! She's here to teach you Yiddish, and you'll be plotzing from
laughter!
These
videos are not meant to compete with serious Yiddish language tutorials
such as the new Duolingo course or Rukhl Schaechter's Word of the Day
lessons from the Forward. They focus on Yiddish words that you probably
already know, but illustrate their use in hilarious ways. They are
produced and
acted out by a woman who reveals only her first name, Perri. In today's
video and other that we will be sharing in the coming weeks, she
assumes the identity of Cookie Kibitznik, a yenta if we ever saw won.
In
this episode, Cookie shows how to move your tuchis and reminisces about the days when it was more common to give a potch in tuchis and conduct business with tuchis afn tish.
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In February we posted a version of Adon Olam sung by Gustavo Gitlin to Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind. Gitlin,the cantor of Congregation Tifereth Israel , the oldest continuously operating Jewish
congregation on Long Island, with roots traced back to the Civil War
era.
Located in Glen Cove, on Long Island's North Shore, it is led by
Rabbi Irwin Huberman, a graduate of the Academy of Jewish Religion, a
rabbinical seminary that embraces all Jewish denominations.
Cantor Gitlin comes from a family of musicians and his grandfather was a cantor. He moved with his family to Glen Cove from Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2003.
Today we welcome Shabbat with a more traditional version as Cantor Gitlin returns to his roots in Buenos Aires and sings Adon Olam as a pair of tango dancers perform Argentina's national dance.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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Today we're turning back the clock to October 7, 1986.
In one of his many appearances on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, comedian Buddy Hackett comes through with his father's explanation of canine mating on the streets of New York, comments about the status of Soviet Jews in Gorbachev's USSR, and a skillful retelling of one of the oldest and funniest Jewish jokes ever told.
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Pee-wee Herman is a comic fictional character created and portrayed by Jewish American comedian Paul Reubens.
Born Paul Rubenfeld in Peekskill, New York, his father was one of the founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
He is best known for his films and television series during the 1980s.
The childlike Pee-wee Herman character developed as a stage act that
quickly led to an HBO special in 1981. As the stage performance gained further popularity, Reubens took the character to motion picture with Pee-wee's Big Adventure in 1985, toning down the adult innuendo for the appeal of children.
This paved the way for Pee-wee's Playhouse, an Emmy Award-winning children's series that ran on CBS from 1986 to 1991. Another film, Big Top Pee-wee, was released in 1988, and after a lengthy hiatus, a third film, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, was released by Netflix in 2016.
Due to negative media attention following a scandal in 1991,
Reubens decided to shelve his alter ego during the 1990s, then gradually
resurrected it during the following decade. It was at that time that
Reubens addressed plans to write a new Pee-wee film, Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie. In June 2007, Reubens appeared as Pee-wee Herman for the first time since 1992 at Spike TV's Guys' Choice Awards.
In this video clip from an interview with Conan O"Brien, Pee Wee makes a grand entrance and shows off his Phony Phone Phone Ringer Excuse and his balloon trick.
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Elvis and Jews: At first glance these two words may not seem to go
together. But the truth is that, despite growing up in a fundamentalist
Christian family in the Deep South - an area sometimes known for its
anti-Semitism - Elvis Presley nevertheless developed a deep affinity to
Jews.
A new book, The Jewish World of Elvis Presley, by Roselle Kline Chartock celebrates Elvis's Jewish roots and the influence of his vast Jewish inner circle that goes back to his days of childhood poverty.
This book contains answers to two questions: What accounted for
this deep affinity? And what was the nature of the personal
relationships Elvis developed with the Jews he befriended in Memphis -
including merchants and members of his inner circle, the Memphis Mafia -
and those he met in the music and movie industries?
Today's video clip of an interview with the author on Israel's i24news reveals a little-known side of this rock 'n' roll icon, including
Presley's own Jewish heritage. There is within this book ample evidence
that Presley's personality as well as his musical gifts were, in part,
shaped by his Jewish world.
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It's another Monday and time for another Joke to Start the Week. This week we're posting another joke from Dr. Jay Orlikoff, a retired dentist from Centereach, New York, a community on Long
Island in Suffolk County.
After
a distinguished and meritorious dental career, he is shifting his focus
to telling and posting jokes on YouTube. We were fortunate to find some
of his jokes and we're sharing one of the family-friendly ones with you
today.
Here's
the setup: A Martian is having trouble with his spacecraft and he's forced to land on earth. So he lands in this vacant parking lot. He's looking around for parts when he spots a deli across the street. And then...
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Cookie Kibitznik, your favorite Jewish mother, is back. She's a
tell-it-like-it-is,
unfiltered, power-walking, pool-jogging, brisket-making giver of sage
advice! She's here to teach you Yiddish, and you'll be plotzing from
laughter!
These
videos are not meant to compete with serious Yiddish language tutorials
such as the new Duolingo course or Rukhl Schaechter's Word of the Day
lessons from the Forward. They focus on Yiddish words that you probably
already know, but illustrate their use in hilarious ways. They are
produced and
acted out by a woman who reveals only her first name, Perri. In today's
video and other that we will be sharing in the coming weeks, she
assumes the identity of Cookie Kibitznik, a yenta if we ever saw won.
In
this episode, Cookie gives examples of all the ways that we can get completely farblondjet.
Enjoy!
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After posting 41 versions of Lecha Dodi we thought we had heard them all, but they keep on coming. Tonight we welcome Shabbat with a Persian Jewish version of Lecha Dodi from Teheran, Iran. It's sung by Cantor Jacqueline Rafii of the Shomrei Torah Synagogue in West Hills, California.
Cantor Rafii was ordained as a Hazzan and earned her Master's in Sacred
Jewish Music from the Academy for Jewish Religion California. She is a
Wexner Graduate Fellow, one of twenty young Jewish leaders in North
America selected annually to help strengthen the future of Jewish
America. Prior to becoming a cantor, Cantor Rafii earned her J.D. from
UCLA School of Law and subsequently practiced entertainment law in Los
Angeles for three years. She also served as cantorial soloist at Sinai
Temple, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Temple Emanuel, Kehillat Ma’arav, and
other congregations throughout Los Angeles.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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It's
Throwback Thursday again and today we get another chance to go back 67 years
to 1951 and another episode of The Hickenloopers on Your Show of Shows.
Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca starred in many episodes of the hilarious marital tribulations of Doris and Charlie Hickenlooper.
In
this sketch, Doris Hickenlooper (Imogene Coca) wants to go out to dinner and a movie Saturday Night. Charlie (Sid Caesar) goes along with the plan but traffic and parking get in the way.
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We've posted 95 versions of Hava Nagila
so far (scroll down and click on the keyword in the left column to see
them all) and we still haven't run out of them. Today we're turning the
calendar back to 1970 when British singer Matt Monro gave his television
audience a treat by singing a lively version of this Hebrew classic.
Monro became one of the most popular entertainers on the international music scene during the 1950s and 1970s. Known as The Man with the Golden Voice, he filled cabarets, nightclubs, music halls, and stadiums across the world in his 30-year career.
In this 1970 performance, Monro played with his audience, introducing Hava Nagila as a Gaelic song.
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Today we came across an undated video clip of a stand-up comedy performance by Elon Gold.
In it he does imitations of Jeff Goldblum and Jerry Seinfeld, reflects on the different head and neck motions of various ethnic groups, and the lack of Jewish astronauts and contestants on The Price is Right.
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It's another Monday and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today Mickey Greenblatt is back with another good one.
Marshal (Mickey) Greenblatt received degrees from Columbia (BA and BS in Flight Sciences), a DC from Von Karman Institute (1963) and his PhD from Princeton in Aerospace Sciences. He worked as a researcher for NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory.
With four other scientists, he founded Fusion Systems Corporation, which invented microwave-powered UV lamps for drying coatings. He founded and served on the boards of technology companies and is active in volunteer work. He served on the executive committee of the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington for many years.
Mickey
also loves Jewish jokes and sent us this one to share with you. Here's
the setup: Rabbi Yurofsky approaches a guest in shul on Shabbat and says "I'd like to give you an aliyah. What's your name?" And then...
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Cookie Kibitznik, your favorite Jewish mother, is back. She's a
tell-it-like-it-is,
unfiltered, power-walking, pool-jogging, brisket-making giver of sage
advice! She's here to teach you Yiddish, and you'll be plotzing from
laughter!
These
videos are not meant to compete with serious Yiddish language tutorials
such as the new Duolingo course or Rukhl Schaechter's Word of the Day
lessons from the Forward. They focus on Yiddish words that you probably
already know, but illustrate their use in hilarious ways. They are
produced and
acted out by a woman who reveals only her first name, Perri. In today's
video and other that we will be sharing in the coming weeks, she
assumes the identity of Cookie Kibitznik, a yenta if we ever saw won.
In
this episode, Cookie gives the simple definition of the word plotz, and goes on to show the many different situations where it can be used.
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The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony performs orchestral works of well-known
as well as not widely recognized Jewish composers.
It establishes
opportunities for the presentation of new compositions by Jewish
artists, serves as a professional resource for aspiring Jewish and
non-Jewish musicians, acts as an educational medium for Jewish music and
composers, and provides educational opportunities for diverse populations
of school-age children.
With this video, we welcome another Shabbat with the LAJS performing Sim Shalom, part of the Shabbat liturgy.
Enjoy, and Shabbat shalom!
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On
this Throwback Thursday we're turning the clock and calendar back 65 years to
1957, when Groucho Marx was in his heyday as host of the weekly show You Bet Your Life. The
show debuted on ABC Radio on October 27, 1947, then moved to CBS Radio
debuting October 5, 1949, before making the transition to NBC-TV and NBC
Radio
on October 4, 1950. Because of its simple format, it was possible to
broadcast the show simultaneously on radio and television. The last
episode in its radio format aired on June 10, 1960. On television,
however, the series continued for another year, debuting in its final
season on September 22, 1960, and with a new title, The Groucho Show.
In
this 1957 episode, Phyllis Diller appears as a contestant -- a housewife from Ohio who just started out in the entertainment industry. It was Diller's first appearance on national TV. She went on to become a stand-up comedy legend for 45 years.
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In 1978 Saturday Night Live ran a spoof of the famous Central Park dance scene between Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in the 1953 movie The Band Wagon. It featured Gilda Radner and Steve Martin attempting to do the same steps as Astaire and Charisse.
But instead of grace and elegance in the dance, Radner and Martin prance clumsily around the floor and stage of the nightclub set.
If you don't remember the original Astaire-Charisse number, we're including a video clip of the classic dance just below the SNL version.
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Valley Beth Shalom is a Conservative synagogue in Encino, Los
Angeles, California. With approximately 1,500 member families it is one
of the largest synagogues in Los Angeles and one of the largest
Conservative synagogues in the United States.
The synagogue leadership, faculty, and students recently celebrated their return to regular school after a year of pandemic by singing Hinei Ma Tov with music by Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff of Nefesh Mountain.
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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
Jewish Humor Central Staff
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief:
Al Kustanowitz Food and Wine Editor:
Aviva Weinberg Israel Food and Wine Consultant Penina Kustanowitz Reporter and Photographer:
Meyer Berkowitz Reporter Phyllis Flancbaum
Now You Can Book Program and Lecture Dates for 2024 and 2025 in Person and Via ZOOM
Now is the time to book our Jewish humor programs and lectures for your 2024 and 2025 events in person and via ZOOM anywhere in the world. Book any of our 22 popular programs including "The Great Jewish Comedians", “Israel is a Funny Country”, and "Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places." Click above for details and videos. To book a program with Al, e-mail: dan@hudakonhollywood.com
"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!
"Israel is a Funny Country" is now available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle editions
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.
Now is the time to book our Jewish Humor Shows and Lectures in person or on ZOOM.
Bring Al's Jewish humor lectures and comedy programs with the funniest videos on the Internet to your community and your synagogue, club, JCC, organization or private event in person or via ZOOM. We're taking reservations now for 2024 and 2025 dates in your community. Click above for details. To book a program with Al, e-mail: dan@hudakonhollywood.com.
Now Open: The Jewish Humor Central Gift Shop
Jewish Humor Central logo merchandise is now available. Click on the image above to see the complete collection -- More than 100 items from tote bags, baseball caps, mugs, aprons, drinkware, T-shirts and sweatshirts, to pajamas and underwear.
The Best of Jewish Humor Central - Now Available in eBook and Paperback at Amazon.com
The Best of Jewish Humor Central - More than 400 video clips, including music and comedy videos for all the Jewish holidays. View them on Your PC, Mac, Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, Android Tablet and Smartphone. Click on the image above to peek inside and download a free sample. And now, a paperback edition for anyone who prefers a traditional book and doesn't mind typing the URLs instead of clicking on them.
About the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
A long-term devotee of Jewish humor, Al Kustanowitz has been collecting and sharing it even before there was an internet. In 2009, after a 36-year career at IBM managing new technology projects, he founded Jewish Humor Central (jewishhumorcentral.com. Through the blog he brings a daily dose of fun and positive energy to readers who would otherwise start the day reading news that is often drab, dreary, and depressing (subscribing is free). He has published 12 books on humor based on his more than 4,000 blog postings, each of which includes a video clip and his commentary.
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.
You can contact Al via email at akustan@gmail.com.
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