Bob Alper

Is “Mo” on Netflix good for the Jews?

By Jeffrey Salkin — September 2, 2022
"Mo" is funny, poignant, sad, and biting. It's OK. Jews can take it.

A funny thing happened in that Joke with the Pope contest …

By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 8, 2015
(RNS) Bob Alper, a rabbi-comedian who calls himself “the world's only practicing clergyman doing stand-up comedy … intentionally,” is now “honorary comedic adviser to the pope.”

No Jews and Zionists allowed!

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 20, 2015
Two American Jewish performers learn that Jew hatred extends to the concert stage.

Confessions of Amy Schumer’s childhood rabbi

By Jeffrey Salkin — July 21, 2015
Amy Schumer was a religious school cutup. Are you surprised?
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