Jess Salomon

Jess Salomon (born 20th century) is a Canadian stand-up comedian from Montreal, Quebec.[1]

She is noted for her 2024 comedy album Sad Witch, which was a nominee for the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2025.[2]

Prior to launching her stand-up comedy career, Salomon was a war-crimes lawyer at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.[3]

Her press coverage has often focused on her unusual situation as a Jewish woman who is in a lesbian relationship with a Palestinian Muslim Eman El-Husseini, who is also a comedian.[4] They met in Montreal in 2009,[5] and a few years later they began working as a duo and moved to New York.[6]

In 2020, Salomon and El-Husseini launched the BBC World Service podcast Comedians vs. The News.[7]

References

  1. ^ Kayla Marie Hillier, "Comedy Comes to Old Montreal". Cult MTL. August 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Holly Gordon, "Here Are All the 2025 Juno Nominees". CBC Music. February 11, 2025.
  3. ^ "Meet Jess Salomon: War Crimes Lawyer Turned Domedian". Q. April 18, 2016.
  4. ^ "Meet the Jewish-Palestinian Lesbian Couple Who Mine Their Relationship for Comedy Gold". Day 6. March 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Clément, Éric (July 18, 2018). "Jess Salomon et Eman El-Husseini: ensemble sur scène et dans la vie". La Presse (in French). Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  6. ^ Johnson, Gail (November 27, 2020). "Comedy duo the El-Salomons caps off the 2020 Chutzpah! Festival, November 28". Stir. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  7. ^ Saxberg, Lynn. "New BBC Podcast Stars Jewish-Palestinian Lesbian Comedy Couple from Canada". Ottawa Citizen. September 10, 2020.


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