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The Shlemiel of Chelm and Other Yiddish Characters
Where the lovable fools of Jewish humor came from--and what they mean.
Jewish Sketch Comedy & Stand-Up
1970s & '80s stand-up & sketch comedy: Seinfeld's start, Andy Kaufman, Saturday Night Live
What’s Jewish About “The Simpsons”?
Jews & Judaism pervade this classic animated sitcom and its fictional town of Springfield.
Tragedy of the Commons
A Jewish perspective on a seminal essay of the modern environmentalist movement
What Maimonides Means to Me
Beyond just his great volume of work, inspiration from the life of the
International Jewish Music
Jews have wandered the world over, and sometimes all that wandering gets packed into one song.
Secular Jewish Music
The category of secular Jewish music is as elusive as it is important. It may be broadly defined as any music used primarily by Jews in non-liturgical contexts, and also includes Sephardic and Ashkenazic music.