Joel Berkowitz

Sep 6, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Joel Berkowitz |Barbara Henry

Review By – September 16, 2024 Modern audiences may not be familiar with Jean Carroll, America’s first Jewish female stand-up comedian. Thankfully, Grace Overbeke’s new biography traces the arc of Carroll’s career, offering insight into the distinctive character of her humor. Born Celine (Sadie) Zeigman in 1911, Carroll was barely a teenager when she started performing in musical/​comedy acts on Brooklyn stages.

Mar 1, 2023 | ingeveb.org | Joel Berkowitz |Sonia Gollance |Nick Underwood

Article Murder, Lust, and Laughter, or, Shund Theatre: A Special Issue of In geveb Joel Berkowitz, Sonia Gollance and Nick Underwood CITETHIS ABSTRACT This intro­duc­tion opens the In geveb spe­cial issue ded­i­cat­ed to shund the­ater. In it, the guest edi­tors of the issue lay out the his­to­ry of shund and of its study, while under­scor­ing the con­tri­bu­tions of the four arti­cles and two trans­la­tions includ­ed in this spe­cial issue.