Coffee and Conversation: Eddy Portnoy “Jews Aren’t Funny: A Foray into the Pre-History of American Jewish Humor”

• Free
• Performing Arts
• Religion & Spirituality

Although 20th Century American comedy was largely dominated by Jews, there was a time when they were thought to be a humorless people. While the truth is somewhere in the middle, this talk will explore the historical, social, and cultural processes that made Jews funny, unfunny, and everything in between.