Comedy
Live from the mamad: Laughter is the best medicine amid war
Even comedic masters of timing don’t stand a chance if their set is interrupted by air raid sirens.
Adir Miller's Reset: A midlife crisis comedy falls short of expectations
'War Trump' vs 'Peace Trump': the Eretz Nehederet skit that captured Israel’s Trump anxiety
From ‘Hairspray’ to ‘South Park,’ composer Marc Shaiman tells a story shaped by Jewish humor
‘Happy Place’: A funny and moving new dramedy airing in Israel - review
A new dark comedy, which perhaps should be called a dramedy, is airing on Sundays and Wednesdays on KAN 11.
Eretz Nehederet features Alon Ohel playing piano, pokes fun at Mamdani, UTJ
The highlight of Eretz Nehederet's comedy show was the emotional playing of "Under the Sky" by freed hostage Alon Ohel.
Punch comedy festival: Laugh lines in Tel Aviv coming in December
Punch, Tel Aviv’s first-ever stand-up and comedy festival, will take place December 11-13.
Emperor Trump rules Israel on new Eretz Nehederet episode
The highlights of the season premiere of Eretz Nehederet were US President Donald Trump as a Roman emperor and Greta Thunberg disappointedly discovering there was actually a ceasefire.
In Saudi Arabia, Dave Chappelle jokes that ‘I stand with Israel’ would be his code for censorship
The state-sponsored show, which took place on Saturday and featured a host of top international comedians, was criticized by Human Rights Watch and several other comedians
Comic Gianmarco Soresi mines his mixed Jewish background for laughs
The 37-year-old Gianmarco Soresi has seen his online popularity explode in recent years, as he joins a generation of comics finding audiences outside the comedy clubs.
Martin Winiar: Economist by day, stand-up comic by night
"If you come with the realistic expectation that people are people and countries are countries, you will notice that most Israelis are good, and it’s a wonderful country."
Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ disappoints - film review
Wes Anderson’s latest movie lacks a compelling, comprehensible storyline, or characters viewers would care about.
How an Israeli kidnapping comedy sold a million tickets
Saving Shuli-San was set for a June release, but the war with Iran made United King Films, the movie’s distributor, postpone the much-awaited film.
Is this for real? Food for thought at 4th Israeli Comedy Fesitval
Ephraim Kishon Israeli Comedy Festival takes place at its perennial base of Beit Mazia, and various other locations dotted around town, for the fourth time, August 17-21.
