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]