Jewish humor in the age of coronavirus by Times of Israel Podcasts

Let’s be honest: things are kinda grim right now all over the world. The coronavirus is spreading, and so is our existential fear. So this week in The Times of Israel podcast, host Amanda Borschel-Dan -- who is hunkering down at home with her six school kids who are “studying” online — decided to look for the humor in the situation.

She phoned up two of Israel’s leading English-speaking stand-up comedians, Benji Lovitt and Yisrael Campbell, to talk about using comedy in dark times. They discussed some of the differences between Israelis’ and US Jews’ use of humor and whether anything is really off limits. Is it ever too soon to joke?

Image: Benji Lovitt contemplates Hebrew verb declensions. (Courtesy)