Clowns

This woman moved to Jerusalem and clowns around at hospitals

Leah Yerushalmi uses puns, word games, quizzes, and inventive stories – each week on a different theme – to distract the patients from their worries and pain.

By YEHUDIT RESNICK
26/08/2023
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In their classroom, Torah is a three-ring circus - by design

Traditional yeshiva-style learning emphasizes that there are as many ways to understand the Bible as there are clowns in a tiny car, and Sacred Arts aims to uncover a few more.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
26/06/2023

Hitler’s clown? Museum begins investigating 'king of clowns' Nazi links

The clown claimed to have had Hitler at his shows 13 times and he even wrote Christmas cards to him.

Trained medical clowns contribute significantly to medical care

Well-trained medical clowns have a far more tangible impact on the healing process than just making people laugh, Israeli researchers found.

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