Funny Jewish Women

at KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia
Take an entertaining and information packed tour into the world of comedy as performed by Jewish women. Through commentary and film clips, you’ll meet such pioneers as Fanny Brice, Molly Picon, Gertrude Berg, Totie Fields and Joan Rivers along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Elaine May, Madeline Kahn and Bette Midler and many others.
WARNING: This program contains some naughty material and an occasional filthy word.
Tuesday, September 3, 10, 17, 24, October 8, 15, 12:30pm • $60/6 sessions
Mr. Irv Slifkin has had a lifelong love for movies and popular culture. A native Philadelphian, Irv teaches film and journalism classes at Temple University and Rowan College. He is the author of the books Filmadelphia: A Celebration of a City’s Movies and Groovy Movies: Far-Out Films of the Psychedelic Era. In addition to writing for such publications as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, Irv has lectured on film and popular culture, in person and on Zoom, for libraries, organizations and Jewish institutions throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
For more information, contact info@kleinlife.org or 215-698-7300 x193.