As part of its annual fundraising event commemorating the Temple’s 53rd anniversary, Temple Solel in Bowie will feature an unconventional (literally and figuratively) Jewish comedy act on March 25. The act, “You’re Funny, But You Don’t Look Jewish,” is performed by a group of four Jews who, on the surface, do not appear to be…
A unique local community set out to make a film in a little village in Guntur, the country of chiles and tobacco. The original plan was to make a Telugu comedy film with local actors. The result was a story about the actors themselves along the way. They were all Jews, members of Andhra Pradesh’s…
Samson Koletkar (aka Mahatma Moses) was born in Mumbai and raised Jewish. Growing up in the world’s most crowded city, he spent most of his childhood years burning the midnight candles for earning a Masters Degree in Computer Software, thereby fulfilling his parent’s dreams. He then moved half-way across the world, to the technology headquarters…
This is what happened: A group of right-wing Hindus stormed the show and confronted the comedian about jokes he allegedly made about Hindu deities. The Indian government has charged the comedian with “hurting religious feelings.” After a stand-up show in the Indian state of Gujarat, Munawar Faruqui and four other people were arrested by the…