When people today use the term “Yiddish comedy”, they usually mean a standup act or film in English with Yiddish words tacked on for comic effect. The online comedy web series, “YidLife Crisis”, ...

It’s difficult enough for aspiring filmmakers to get attention crafting works in their mother tongue. But Montreal natives Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion chose to up the ante by creating a web series in ...

Elayne Boosler returns to "Kung Pao Kosher Comedy" as the headliner, joined by Orion Levine, Amanda Marks and Lisa Geduldig.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Folksbiene LIVE! is an online celebration of Yiddish culture, featuring ...

Yiddish comedians and experts on Yiddish comedy spoke with Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Forverts, about their work during a Zoominar organized by the Forward on Monday. Wolfe, longtime Yiddish ...

NEW YORK >> It might seem meshuga – crazy – to stage a beloved musical in a language that most of the audience won’t understand. But Tevye the dairyman and his family will speak Yiddish in an ...

Veteran comedy writer and producer Michael “Mickey” Ross has donated $4 million to endow an academic chair in Yiddish language and culture at UCLA. The university’s Center for Jewish Studies announced ...

NEW YORK (AP) - It might seem meshuganah -- crazy -- to stage a beloved musical in a language that most of the audience won't understand. But Tevye the dairyman and his family will speak Yiddish in an ...