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!

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

Liora Zemlman

Past Issues

Underground

March 2026, Issue No. 3.5

Food

October 2025, Issue No. 3

Scarred

January 2025, Issue No. 1