Professor Jeremy Dauber – Jewish Comedy: A Serious History

Professor Jeremy Dauber – Jewish Comedy: A Serious History at the Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale from 7 to 8:30 pm. Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy from biblical times progressing to the Twitter age and explores the ways Jewish comedy has dealt with persecution, assimilation and diaspora through the ages, as well as a range of comic masterpieces from Talmudic rabbi jokes to “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” In partnership with Valley Beit Midrash. $18 donation. Register at vosjcc.org/dauber.