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Before Midge Maisel, there was Jean Carroll, a real-life trailblazing Jewish comedienne
In the 1950s and ‘60s, a Jewish woman balanced stand-up success with motherhood in the male-dominated field of comedy. In addition to getting laughs onstage, she made a name for herself with ...
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Jewish comedian Modi Rosenfeld, a mainstay for Orthodox audiences, is gay. So what?
(JTA) — Mordechi Rosenfeld, the Jewish comedian, insists that the recent ... That has occasionally enabled him to stand up for their relationship when encountering people who believe it is ...
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First Assyrian female standup comedian coming to Australia
She is currently on tour for her original stand-up comedy and will bring her ... He says "I wanted to introduce the first Assyrian female standup comedian to the Assyrian community in Australia ...
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Richard Belzer was a Jewish comedian. Why didn’t his obituaries say so?
In addition to a variety of other Jewish references embedded ... appeared in 2015 called “The Comedians,” which richly details the history of stand-up comedy in America. Assiduously researched ...