The Origins and Context of the Borsht Belt 

YIVO's new free, self-paced online class "Is Anything Okay? The History of Jews and Comedy in America" is now available! Sign up at: yivo.org/Comedy
Delve into the history of Jewish comedy and its explosive development in the United States. See hundreds of unique archival objects, including vintage jokebooks, early comedy records, film, radio, and television clips, photographs, and posters, along with interviews and discussions with leading scholars and personalities from the world of Jewish comedy.
Hosted by YidLife Crisis (Eli Batalion & Jamie Elman)
FEATURING:
W. Kamau Bell - Lewis Black - Drew Friedman - Jena Friedman - Judy Gold - Robert Klein - Marc Maron - Paul Reiser - Modi Rosenfeld - Billy West - Michael Wex - Alan Zweibel - And more!