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The Israeli comedian reminding the world that Jews are great

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli comedian Yohay Sponder garners attention with his show "Self Loving Jew," using humor to tackle themes of antisemitism, Jewish pride, and Israel's complex global narrative. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish DiasporaJewish IdentityMisinformationJewish PridePublic RelationsComedyHumorYohay Sponder

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Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Listening to him as he chats over Zoom from his home that he shares with his wife and child in Ramat Gan, makes you realise how much we diaspora Jews do hide and imbibe the shame we are told we must feel."
Israel
"He started on the comedy circuit as soon as he finished his duty in the IDF, working part-time as a painter and decorator on the side, and his comedy has taken him some funny places at one time he specialised as a hen night comedian."
London, United Kingdom
"Yohay, who is returning to London later this month has become an internet sensation across the English-speaking Jewish world since October 7."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"After a gig in Manhattan a girl approached and told me, I came here with ten pro-Palestinian supporters and they stayed the whole show."
India
"People in India didnt wake up one morning and think, Im going to try a new language today! Someone forced that language on them."

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