12/30/2023 0 Comments Camp simcha tour de simcha livenowI’ve long considered myself… I’ve mentioned many times before on this podcast, that I am a student of late-night television. In many ways, it’s an apt time to reflect on the limitations and opportunities of comedy itself. ![]() It seems like a strange time to be discussing, thinking about anything joyous. There is a sense of forebodingness where the world is really at the edge of their seats. Yet when you look around, there is a strange incongruity. Even the very month is supposed to increase in joy. We’re about to enter a holiday which really celebrates silliness, upside-downness humor, laughter, this mishenichnas adar marbim b’simcha, the entering of the month of Adar. This is a strange time to be recording a Purim episode. That’s, where you can also find videos, articles, recommended readings, and weekly emails. This podcast is part of a larger exploration of those big, juicy Jewish ideas. Today we have a special episode exploring humor and Purim, of course. ![]() Welcome to the 18Forty podcast, where each month, we explore different topic, balancing modern sensibilities with traditional sensitivities, to give you new approaches to timeless Jewish ideas. Is It Funny for the Jews? by Jason Zinomanįor the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englanderĭinner at the Center of the Earth by Nathan Englander The World as Will and Idea by Arthur Schopenhauer While nights tend to sell out quickly, tickets are available here. His show Just For Us is running at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City. ![]() In 2020, he was the head writer and executive producer of the “Saturday Night Seder” YouTube extravaganza, which raised over $3.5 million for the CDC Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. Tune in to hear how a bona fide star holds onto both his humor and his values to bare to the world his authentic self.Īlex Edelman is a product of Massachusetts’s Maimonides School and has been featured on Conan and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Why hasn’t he left traditional Judaism amid his secular fame? What makes particularly Jewish stories resonate so much with wider audiences? How does a Modern Orthodox kid become a mainstream professional comic? In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, David is joined by comedian Alex Edelman for a special Purim discussion exploring the place of humor and levity in a world that often demands our solemnity.Ī Modern Orthodox Jew from Brookline, Massachusetts, who’s “tried cocaine,” but has “never tried bacon,” Alex stars in the one-man Off Broadway show Just For Us, which has to be one of the only top-tier comedy specials to mention Rabbi Joseph B.
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