Alex Edelman

Alex Edelman, the summer’s hottest comedian, finds a tough Jewish crowd at a senior home

Edelman when asked by the New York Jewish Week if this was his toughest crowd yet, he said “Oh my God, yes.” 

|ByJULIA GERGELY/JTA
Alex Edelman, a Modern Orthodox comedian who was the head writer last year for "Saturday Night Seder," is now performing a show centered on the time he attended a white nationalist meeting.
Alex Edelman, a Modern Orthodox comedian who was the head writer last year for "Saturday Night Seder," is now performing a show centered on the time he attended a white nationalist meeting.

Jerry Seinfeld pays a visit to Jewish-American comedian Alex Edelman

Comedian Alex Edelman thanked Jerry Seinfeld and his wife Jessica Seinfeld for coming to watch him perform.

|ByMICHAL GALANTI
Alex Edelman has embarked on several Jewish comedy projects during the pandemic.

This Jewish comedian is helping rabbis with their High Holidays services

Alex Edelman is among a crop of up-and-coming Jewish performers whose careers have been upended by the pandemic and who have made lemonade by applying their craft to building Jewish community.

|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA