Elon Gold Comedy Special: Why Most Jews Don't Speak Hebrew

Elon Gold has always been one of our favorite young stand-up comics. A practicing Orthodox Jew who attended Westchester Day School and Yeshiva University High School, he performs for Jewish and for general audiences. His Jewish routines tend to be family-friendly, and his general routines not so.

He performs in comedy clubs and has appeared at the annual Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, Canada. We're sharing a video clip of a presentation he made to and Israeli audience, explaining why most Jews don't speak Hebrew.

Why, indeed? Because after spending 15 years in a Yeshiva day school and Jewish camps, he was never taught conversational Hebrew. So finding himself in a hotel in Israel and not being able to come up with the Hebrew words for "Late checkout" Gold ridicules his own inability to apply his Hebrew knowledge to everyday situations.

Enjoy!

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