Harvard fellowship cut short, one-woman show postponed, and stricken with virus, Noam Shuster-Eliassi finds plenty to laugh about with diverse crowd of fellow patients in Jerusalem

Jewish comedian says she and husband Chris Fischer hadn't realized that naming their baby Gene Attel Fischer had an unfortunate side effect

Satirists from the popular series gather on Zoom with their families for funny ditty about long days in lockdown mode

Only in Israel can a coronavirus patient with a wicked sense of humor become an overnight celeb. Funnymen Jonathan Barak, Asaf Beiser, Benji Lovitt and Yisrael Campbell explain why

Despite Hollywood success and new friendship with Billy Crystal formed on the set of indie flick 'Standing Up, Falling Down,' funnyman admits he still worries about his next gig

Comedian trades sacred cows that were once his mainstay for scatological trip down memory lane, riffs on hummus and looks for a hookup with Gal Gadot

African-American Jewish comedian/actress celebrates her 'Black Mitzvah' at 40, in a program streaming from December 3. But while it may be funny, the occasion is no joke for her

The comedian's book, 'Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results,' out this past Tuesday, draws on Judaism to illustrate the contrast between 'niceness' and 'goodness'

Comedian explains sketch sought to prove point about discrimination, adds she now knows donning blackface is 'never OK'

'Comedy in the Reagan era pales in comparison,' the ombudsman of stand-up tells peers at Just for Laughs in Montreal, calling the president's 'racism' an inspiration for humorists