Jennifer Caplan

Jennifer Caplan is the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Her research is primarily in American Jewish cultural studies and her first book is Funny, You Don’t Look Funny: Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials (Wayne State University Press, 2022).

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Jewish Women and Comedy

This article looks at the place of American Jewish women in comedy. It chronicles the reasons comedy has been a difficult field for women and looks at the careers of several remarkable women who found success in different eras and forms of comedy.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Jennifer Caplan." (Viewed on November 21, 2024) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/caplan-jennifer>.