The Humor Issue
April 2025, Issue No. 2
Exploring humor as resilience, as survival mechanism, as connector, as truth-telling.
ESSAYS
Howard Feldman
William Kolbrener
Michael P. Kramer
FICTION
Ronit Eitan
Yehuda Halper
Avner Landes
Larry Lefkowitz
POEMS
Benjamin Balint
Christian Emecheta
Rachel Eichler Maron
Lisa Grunberger
Daniel Victor
COMEDIAN SPOTLIGHT
Dudu Erez
Judy Gold
Mohamed Naama
ART
Dana Barlev
Dan Bransfield
Giselle Dekel
Zeev (Shoshke) Engelmayer
Maya Ish-Shalom
Irina Tall
Erez Uzan
Liora Zemelman
PHOTOGRAPHY
Elie Bleier
Ronit Eitan
Shira Tamir
Featured Series
Humor
Humor is history. It’s how you carry yourself, how you see the world. It’s language, reflection, and identity—it’s part of who we are.
Comedian Spotlight
We asked a bunch of comedians questions about humor today – check out their answers!
Comedian Spotlight: Nofar Swissa
Has your definition of what’s funny changed? Are there some things that are not funny anymore? In my opinion, anything...
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Comedian Spotlight: Joel Chasnoff
Has your definition of what’s funny changed? Are there some things that are not funny anymore? I’ll answer this first...
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Comedian Spotlight: Marina Akilov
Has your definition of what’s funny changed? Are there some things that are not funny anymore? There’s no doubt that...
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Comedian Spotlight: Sagiv Friedman
Has your definition of what’s funny changed? Are there some things that are not funny anymore? My definition of what...
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Comedian Spotlight: Benji Lovitt
Has your definition of what’s funny changed? Are there some things that are not funny anymore? I don’t think so....
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Comedian Spotlight: Nadav Hendler
Has your definition of what’s funny changed? Are there some things that are not funny anymore? My definition of “funny”...
Read MoreHumor - Images
Discover humor as seen through the eyes of our artists—messy, unexpected, and deeply human.
Es iz Shver tsu zayn a Yid, ober nisht lang.
“It’s hard to be a Jew—but not for long.”
Yiddish Proverb
Our Contributors
Camp BALAGAN - April '25
Benjamin Balint
Dana Barlev
Elie Bleier
Dan Bransfield
Giselle Dekel
Ronit Eitan
Christian Emecheta
Zeev (Shoshke) Engelmayer
Dudu Erez
Judy Gold
Lisa Grunberger
Yehuda Halper
Maya Ish-Shalom
William Kolbrener
Avner Landes
Liya Moses
Mohamed Naama
Shira Tamir
Erez Uzan
Daniel Victor
