BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-69@fjmc.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T220000 DTSTAMP:20240215T044120Z URL:https://fjmc.org/events-2/merwin-comedy/ SUMMARY:FJMC Webinar: Food in American Jewish Comedy DESCRIPTION:Scroll Down for Registration Form\n\n\nFood In American Jewish Comedy\nPresented by Ted Merwin\, Ph.D.\n\nWednesday\, February 28\, 2024. 9:00PM Eastern\n[caption id="attachment_6738" align="alignleft" width="27 6"] Ted Merwin\, Ph.D.[/caption]\n\nFood is a major part of Jewish life an d thus\, not surprisingly\, it is also a central theme in the routines of a wide range of Jewish entertainers from the mid-20th century to the prese nt.  This interactive\, fun-filled talk will use musical and stand-up com edy clips to show how food has provided fodder for the work of Myron Cohen \, Mickey Katz\, Allan Sherman\, Jackie Mason\, Jerry Seinfeld\, Larry Dav id\, Elon Gold\, and other humorists. We will explore how comedy about foo d relates both to a Jewish and to a mainstream audience\, and discuss how both food and humor still anchor much of American Jewish identity.\n\nTed Merwin\, Ph.D. has given hundreds of talks on Jewish humor in synagogues\, JCCs\, libraries\, book festivals\, and universities from coast to coast. He is the author of Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli (which won a National Jewish Book Award) and In Their Own Image: New York Jews in Jazz Age Popular Culture. His articles on Jewish culture hav e appeared in the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Haaretz\, Newsweek\, and many other publications. A long-time former professor of religion and Judaic studies at Dickinson College (Carlisle\, Pa)\, Ted serves now as se nior writer for the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)\, based in New York and Washington\, DC. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and thre e daughters. \n\n \;\n\nThank you for your participation. We look for ward to seeing you virtually at our events.\n\nIn Brotherhood\,\n\nFJMC We binar &\; Affinity Group Committee\n\n \;\n\n\n\nFJMC Webinars are offered free of charge to our members and guests. To help defray the admi nistrative costs of this program\, please consider making a donation to F JMC in honor of "Webinar Kudos."\nAll Upcoming Online Events\n&\; All Previous Programs on YouTube\nFJMC Home\n\n\nIf you're already a member o f FJMC\, please login to auto-fill your form fields.\nNote: Zoom now offe rs automated Zoom closed captioning.\nInstructions will be in your confirm ation email.\n \;\n[ninja_form id=16]\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:FJMC Webinars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR