This Comedian Had The Perfect Response To An Antisemitic Heckler

HuffPost · Brittany Wong · 2026-11-06 14:00 UTC

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Like any comedian, Lucas Zelnick is used to dealing with hecklers and rowdy crowd members. But the woman he encountered last month during a gig wasn’t your average heckler.

About midway through a live show in San Francisco, Zelnick asked the crowd if anyone was religious enough to believe in the events of the Bible. The bit usually leads to a few general jokes about religion, he told HuffPost, but not on that night. The woman in the crowd had different ideas.

“I’m against Jews,” the woman said randomly, as an incredulous Zelnick asked, “What?”

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