It may have been an evening of comedy that had the audience rolling, but the hysterically funny material actually educated several thousand people in one swoop about Gemara, Israel, Zionism, Hebrew, issues of antisemitism, Jewish hIstory and current affairs. The laughter woke the crowd up about a diverse Jewish culture,—Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Persians, Israelis, Haredim, Jewish mothers, fathers, gays, transgenders and interfaith partners.

Comedians Modi (Mordechai Rosenfeld), who has lit up the Jewish world globally with his monologs, Elon Gold, Michael Rapaport and Ariel Elias performed two shows this week at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. There were sell out crowds. Given our realities right now, all those Jews walked out smiling, laughing, looking happy. When was the last time any of us saw that? So did the non-Jews —-who were asked to raise their hands during the performance. (Comedy isn’t designed for the easily offended or politically........

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