{{Short description |Canadian comedian,lawyer (born 20th century)}} {{Use mdy dates |date=April 2025}} '''Jess Salomon''' (born 20th century) is a Canadian stand-up comedian from Montreal, Quebec.<ref>Kayla Marie Hillier, [https://cultmtl.com/2013/08/comedy-comes-to-the-old-port/ "Comedy Comes to Old Montreal"]. ''Cult MTL''. August 26, 2013.</ref>
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.<ref>Holly Gordon, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2025-complete-list-winners-tate-mcrae-josh-ross-1.7455017 "Here Are All the 2025 Juno Nominees"]. CBC Music. February 11, 2025.</ref>
Prior to launching her stand-up comedy career, Salomon was a war-crimes lawyer at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/schedule-for-monday-april-18-2016-1.3540513/meet-jess-salomon-war-crimes-lawyer-turned-comedian-1.3540544 "Meet Jess Salomon: War Crimes Lawyer Turned Domedian"]. ''Q''. April 18, 2016.</ref>
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.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/covid-19-and-nursing-homes-china-s-state-surveillance-the-political-dr-seuss-repopulating-fukushima-more-1.5486647/meet-the-jewish-palestinian-lesbian-couple-who-mine-their-relationship-for-comedy-gold-1.5486649 "Meet the Jewish-Palestinian Lesbian Couple Who Mine Their Relationship for Comedy Gold"]. ''Day 6''. March 6, 2020.</ref> They met in Montreal in 2009,<ref>{{cite web |last=Clément |first=Éric |title=Jess Salomon et Eman El-Husseini: ensemble sur scène et dans la vie |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/festivals/juste-pour-rire/201807/18/01-5189957-jess-salomon-et-eman-el-husseini-ensemble-sur-scene-et-dans-la-vie.php |website=La Presse |date=2018-07-18 |language=fr |access-date=2025-09-18}}</ref> and a few years later they began working as a duo and moved to New York.<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Gail |title=Comedy duo the El-Salomons caps off the 2020 Chutzpah! Festival, November 28 |url=https://createastir.ca/articles/chutzpah-fest-closing-el-salomons-comedy |website=Stir |date=2020-11-27 |access-date=2025-09-18}}</ref>
In 2020, Salomon and El-Husseini launched the BBC World Service podcast ''Comedians vs. The News''.<ref>Saxberg, Lynn. [https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/new-bbc-podcast-stars-jewish-palestinian-lesbian-comedy-couple-from-canada "New BBC Podcast Stars Jewish-Palestinian Lesbian Comedy Couple from Canada"]. ''Ottawa Citizen''. September 10, 2020.</ref>
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