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elleng

(130,895 posts)
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:15 AM Jun 2018

What's So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer

'The conundrum of Jewish comedy today is this: How does a sensibility that has long benefited from its outsider status adjust to a world where it has not only assimilated into popular culture but also helped define it.

One answer can be found at the Theater Center in Times Square, where a slickly funny stand-up show, “Strictly Unorthodox,” presents a more culturally marginal Jewish perspective. An ultra-Orthodox Jew from England, Ashley Blaker has built an act about the rituals of an insular, deeply traditional community that treats much of modern culture and society with suspicion. While contemporary Jewish comedians like Moshe Kasher have talked about religious Jews in their family, and Woody Allen used traditional garb for a famous sight gag in “Annie Hall,” Orthodox Jews are usually portrayed as alien or weird — and it’s rare to see a stand-up in New York from this devout perspective.

“Most of you probably see Orthodox Jews with our beards and sidelocks and funny hats and probably think we’re slightly crazy,” he said on a radio show called “Ashley Blaker’s Goyish Guide to Judaism. “But if you got what was involved, you’d realize we’re totally crazy.”'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/arts/television/orthodox-jewish-comedian-ashley-blaker.html?

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What's So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer (Original Post) elleng Jun 2018 OP
Frum Jews have a great sense of humour. EllieBC Jun 2018 #1
Pleased to meetcha, Ellie! elleng Jun 2018 #2

EllieBC

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1. Frum Jews have a great sense of humour.
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 09:08 PM
Jun 2018

I grew up frum and still straddle the line between being frum and not. Some of the best memes I found on FB were in Orthodox Jewish groups. We're awesome at making fun of ourselves.

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