Comedy and the Constitution: The Legacy of Lenny Bruce
Day One: October 27, 2016
Session 3: Religion and Reason
Jarrod Tanny, associate professor of Jewish studies, UNC-Wilmington. Paper title: “Lenny’s Children: The Rise and Triumph of Blasphemous Jewish Humor in Post–World War II America”
David Kaufman, visiting professor, Hebrew Union College (Los Angeles), and author, “Jewhooing the Sixties: American Celebrity and Jewish Identity” (2012). Paper title: “Lenny Bruce, Jewish Humor and the Comedic Critique of Religion”
Marc Caplan, Horace W. Goldsmith Visiting Professor in Judaic Studies, Yale University. Paper title: “Dos Pintele Yid: The (Many) Points of Jewishness in the Comedy of Sarah Silverman and Lenny Bruce”
Moderated by Maura Jane Farrelly, associate professor of American studies, Brandeis University
