Happy Friday! Funny Jewish Women

by: Mae Singerman

Fri Jun 18, 2010 at 16:20:15 PM EDT

Last night, I saw Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work about the career of the groundbreaking comedian Joan Rivers, which reminded some JFSJ staff members of another documentary about a brilliant Jewish comedian who redefined comedy and television, Gertrude Berg. Berg was one of the first women to create, write, produce and star in a long-running hit" and if she wasn't the absolute first she did it better than those suckers, anyway.

So, question for the audience...why are Jewish women so damn funny? (And, "they are not inherently funny" or "that's a ridiculous generalization" are obviously not the answer to this question...)