The history of these strands encompasses both historical and contemporary Judaism. JEWISH COMEDY covers an extraordinary range of comedic practice, from Talmudic anecdotes to Mel Brooks, from the Wise Men of Chelm to Saul Bellow to Broad City. A small survey of the talent on display includes Larry David, Lenny Bruce, Joan Rivers, Woody Allen, Allen Sherman, Philip Roth, and the Marx Brothers. But JEWISH COMEDYis equally fascinated by the Hasidic, the medieval, the Yiddish, and even the biblical foundations of the art form.