Comedy writer Sol Weinstein dies at 84

Published on December 12, 2012

When I first moved to California from Philadelphia in 1978, Leon Brown, editor of the Jewish Exponent, told me to look up his friend Sol Weinstein.

‘Matisyahu’s Beard Finds New Host’—and other Purim fun

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 6, 2012

Our Annual Purim Spoof Cover 2012: Angry Beards, Donald Trump, Berman v. Sherman, Proxy Baptism

By JewishJournal
Published on March 1, 2012

Our Annual Purim spoof Cover

X-FRIENDS: Mutant Rabbis

Published on June 13, 2011

X-FRIENDS: Mutant Rabbis

Ten Things I Hate About Commandments [VIDEO]

Published on April 24, 2011

Ten Commandments Passover spoof video

Our Annual Purim Spoof Cover 2011: Charlie Sheen, Wisconsin, Wikileaks, Dior, Egypt

By JewishJournal.com
Published on March 15, 2011

Purim spoof cover

Meshugene Men - It’s How Mad Men Does Purim

By Jay Firestone
Published on March 3, 2009

Virgins welcome at ‘Hebrew Horror’ night

By Adam Wills
Published on December 20, 2007

Inspired by this week's Jewish pastime of movies and Chinese food, the Los Angeles "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cast Sins o' the Flesh is hosting an inaugural Jewish-themed send-up of the midnight cult classic at the Landmark Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 22.

In which our loyal readers take us to task for various and sundry

Published on March 8, 2007

Letters to the Editor

Theater: Musical ‘Boyz’ you won’t find next door

By Sarah Price Brown
Published on February 8, 2007

Marc Kessler, who conceived the show, along with Ken Davenport, said they first conceptualized a four-person band. But then they realized they could add "the outsider" archetype, and who would better fit that than a Jewish character?

Want to spoof Purim and the Oscars? Be our Guest!

By Steven Rosen
Published on November 16, 2006

In their previous screenplay collaborations, Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy have satirized such offbeat subjects as small-town theatrical productions ("Waiting for Guffman"), championship dog shows ("Best in Show"), and old folk music groups ("A Mighty Wind").But for their latest, "For Your Consideration," they've really gone out on a limb with an obscure target -- Purim movies."For Your Consideration" chronicles the making of a tear-jerking melodrama, "Home for Purim," in which the dying matriarch of a Southern Jewish family, Esther Pischer (Catherine O'Hara), waits for the holiday-season return of her wayward daughter, Rachel (Parker Posey). Both the Yiddish and the southern accents are thick.

Comedy director David Zucker goes to GOP?  You can’t be serious!

By Marc Ballon
Published on October 5, 2006

David Zucker sees threats to America and Israel mounting, and he believes the Democrats are unable or unwilling to confront those challenges, so he has decided to go public with his belief that the Democrats have lost their way.

The Art of Laziness

By Amy Klein
Published on January 13, 2005

But at least I'm succeeding at one thing: sloth. Yes, one of the quote/unquote seven deadly sins can actually be viewed as a virtue -- no, a lifestyle program, according to Wendy Wasserstein's new book, "Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins" (The New York Library/Oxford, 2005).

Shearer Enjoyment

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 28, 2002

On the sunny porch of his Santa Monica cottage, a scruffy-looking Harry Shearer, Los Angeles' preeminent satirist, is describing his fascination with an all-male power retreat called the Bohemian Grove. It began about nine years ago when the caustic, 58-year-old humorist started interviewing Grove guests -- and hookers -- about the super-exclusive Northern California resort. The interviews eradicated every conspiracy theory he'd had about the place: "These guys aren't micromanaging the world," says Shearer, best known for voicing myriad "Simpsons" characters and for his National Public Radio program, "Le Show."