When Comedy Gets Serious: Ami Kozak

About this episode

Ami Kozak joins the Rabbis to discuss how humor can reveal deeper truths about Jews and Israel.

On this episode of Behind the Bima, Ami Kozak joins the Rabbis to discuss satire, public discourse, and how humor can reveal what people are really saying about Jews and Israel.

People in this episode

Host: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

Guest: Ami Kozak

Topics covered

• satire
• public discourse
• humor
• Jews
• Israel
• comedy

Keywords

• comedy
• satire
• public discourse
• humor
• Israel
• Jews

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Israel, Jews

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