Laughing Through the Tension: Jewish Comedy in an Anxious Era
TL;DR
Raanan Hershberg's new YouTube special Morbidly Jewish captures a moment when Jewish comedy grapples with anxiety over Israel, Gaza, and antisemitism; his sharp, subtext-heavy bits and provocative Nazi joke about overreacting to antisemitism illustrate a charged era in which liberal Jewish humor weighs its anxieties against humor.
Topics:entertainmentculture#antisemitism#culture#israel-gaza#jewish-culture#morbidly-jewish#stand-up
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