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In the beginning, there were just old Jews telling jokes\\u2014you know, Uncle Buddy down in Boca or grandpa\\u2019s bawdy second wife Hettie. Then, in 2008, filmmaker Sam Hoffman had the idea of filming some of his favorite old Jews telling jokes. He created a website and posted a series of \\u201cOld Jews Telling Jokes\\u201d videos that soon attracted a devoted following. The most popular jokes (such as this one, about giving directions) have been viewed well over a million times.

Now, at the initiative of Daniel Okrent\\u2014the first public editor for the New York Times\\u2014and writer and editor Peter Gethers, Old Jews Telling Jokes has been re-purposed as a theatrical production, complete with a narrative through-line and cabaret-style musical numbers. Currently in previews, it opens May 20 at the Westside Theater in...

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