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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Avi Liberman

File - Avi Liberman on stage in Comedy for Koby. (Photo credit: Yissachar Ruas)
January 22, 2024, 1:37 pm
US comics help Israelis cope with trauma of Hamas massacre
Comedy for Koby organizers say laughter is best medicine; agrees one mum whose two soldier sons just got back from Gaza: ‘It’s healthy and you don’t need to feel guilty about it’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (R) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid during a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on November 14, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
December 19, 2021, 9:39 am
PM, ministers praise security forces for capturing suspected terrorists
Bennett, Gantz and Lapid congratulate IDF and Shin Bet after apprehension of six suspects in last week’s deadly West Bank shooting
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Israeli singer Omer Adam performs live at the annual Kleizmer Festival in the northern Israeli city of Safed, on August 14, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 25, 2020, 10:06 pm
Shalom, Dubai! With UAE deal, Israeli pop stars tune sound for Arabic audiences
Abraham Accords seen as opportunity to reach new fans for singers Omer Adam, Ivri Lider and other performers
By Jessica Steinberg
The latest three American comics to appear in Israel for a Comedy for Koby show, with Moody McCarthy (left), Jessica Kirson and Alonzo Bodden (Courtesy Comedy for Koby)
May 22, 2018, 2:53 pm
Trio of comics to perform in latest season of Comedy for Koby
Moody McCarthy, Jessica Kirson and Alonzo Bodden will appear on Israeli stages during the last week of May
By Jessica Steinberg
Brian Regan, the latest comic to join the twice-annual Comedy for Koby tour (Courtesy Brian Regan)
May 10, 2017, 5:49 pm
Comic’s comic Brian Regan booked for Comedy for Koby tour
The headlining jokester is a favorite of Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon and Chris Rock
By Jessica Steinberg
Avi Liberman takes questions at the Jerusalem premiere of his movie 'Comedy Road' on October 20, 2016 (Times of Israel)
December 9, 2016, 2:44 pm
Ready for Trump Temple in J’lem? Just kidding
‘Not a single Mexican has ever gotten over’ Israel’s Wall, jokes comedian, imagining the president-elect happily visiting the holy land
By ToI Staff
Allan Havey (left), Elayne Boosler and Avi Liberman in Tel Aviv ahead of the December 2016 Comedy for Koby tour (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 9, 2016, 11:52 am
Comics aren’t just funny, they’re nice, too
A conversation with Comedy for Koby comics Elayne Boosler, Allan Havey and Avi Liberman on tour in Israel
By Jessica Steinberg
Elayne Boosler, one of the premier female comedians in the US, will be in Israel with the upcoming Comedy for Koby (Courtesy Elayne Boosler)
December 5, 2016, 1:22 pm
Some more comedy for Koby
The twice-annual tour kicks off on December 6, with visiting comedians Elayne Boosler, Allen Havey and Tom Cotter
By Jessica Steinberg
Avi Liberman's Comedy Road
October 23, 2016, 9:44 am
How Avi Liberman paved a Comedy Road to Israel
Year after year for over a decade, remarkably, dozens of top American comedians have been coming to Israel to raise morale and money. ‘Comedy Road,’ a new filmed account of these implausible tours, is both sidesplitting and moving
By David Horovitz
Looking for the strongest people at a different kind of Iron Man competition, in Haifa, on October 20 (Courtesy City of Haifa)
October 17, 2016, 11:15 am
Earth, kites and clay, and a host of other Sukkot activities
From a kite extravaganza and night safari in Jerusalem to a film festival in Haifa and music concerts by the Dead Sea, there’s no time to be bored this holiday
By Jessica Steinberg
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 20, 2013, 3:59 pm
Drifting from US, Liberman calls to diversify foreign policy
With Washington embroiled in its own problems, Israel must seek new partnerships, foreign minister says
By Spencer Ho
The four comedians of Comedy for Koby: Ralph Harris, Wayne Federman (seated), Dennis Regan and Avi Liberman (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
May 26, 2013, 11:55 pm
Easy laughs for visiting comedians
Jerusalemites gather for jokes at Comedy for Koby, the annual fundraising tour for the Koby Mandell Foundation
By Jessica Steinberg
(From left) Comics Craig Robinson, Avi Liberman, Gary Gulman and Dwight Slade during the 2007 Comedy for Koby tour (Courtesy Avi Liberman)
April 10, 2013, 9:06 pm
Film documents US comics in Israel
Biannual tours of American comedians are a fish-out-of-water experience that ‘produces the best laughs’
By Jessica Steinberg
Avi Liberman performs at Comedy for Koby. (Yissachar Ruas)
October 10, 2012, 8:13 pm
Jokes about the Holocaust? Maybe. But no F-bomb, and ‘Goddammit’ is out of the question
Avi Liberman, host of the biannual ‘Comedy for Koby’ shows, muses on the gentle art of doing stand-up for Israeli Anglos, and makes a pitch for some new financial backers
By David Horovitz
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