Saw this article this morning and felt a range of emotions. Thought of Frank1 initially, then all of the Jewish Brothers, then my dark humor brothers, then figured it was worth a share. Posting the headline and first couple paragraphs. Link to the full article at the bottom.
‘We Write Jokes and God Laughs’
Amid the horror in Israel, ‘Eretz Nehederet,’ the country’s version of SNL, has become both a weapon and ‘spiritual first aid.’
By Polina Fradkin
December 12, 2023
Fun seemed to have come to an end on October 7 here in Israel. Amid the endless stream of tragedy flooding our phones and seizing our attention, it felt almost unconscionable to laugh. But for the cast and crew of Eretz Nehederet, which translates to Wonderful Country, Israel’s prime-time sketch satire show—our version of Saturday Night Live—generating humor is a duty.
“After October 7, our discussions and plans for the next season came to a halt,” Reshef Shay, a writer on Eretz Nehederet, which airs Tuesday or Wednesday each week on Keshet’s Channel 12, tells The Free Press. “Our program runs tightly to what’s going on day to day. So when reality changed, let’s just say, we write jokes and God laughs.”
https://www.thefp.com/p/we-write-jokes-and-god-laughs
