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Comedy for Koby

Comedian Liz Glazer is part of the 2025-2026 Comedy for Koby tour of Israel. (courtesy)
December 30, 2025, 5:06 pm
Stand-up comedian Liz Glazer: ‘Israel is the reason I exist’
Soon in Israel for the annual Comedy for Koby tour, the former law prof — the wife of a female rabbi — explains why she is the very last person to call to find out What Matters Now
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Birthright participants doing a nature activity in the Negev after their visits were indefinitely extended due to Israel's war with Iran, June 2025. (Birthright Israel)
June 17, 2025, 2:37 am
All part of the birthright? Tour groups stranded in Israel hunker down amid missile fire
With skies closed since start of conflict with Iran, participants in Birthright and other trips struggle with nervous families and unknown timelines while sheltering from rocket attacks
By Zev Stub
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
Streets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, June 7, 2023, after the Kakhovka dam was blown up. (AP Photo/Libkos)
June 7, 2023, 1:03 pm
Daily Briefing June 7: How Jews of war-torn Kherson are faring in Dnipro dam disaster
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on shooting in Huwara, IDF accidental killing of 2-year-old; Diaspora reporter Canaan Lidor on resolution of decade-long Vilnius cemetery dispute
By ToI Staff
In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a ceremony commemorating the death anniversary of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, shown in the poster at top right, at his mausoleum just outside Tehran, Iran, June 4, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
June 6, 2023, 1:20 pm
Daily Briefing June 6: What’s in it for Israel if there’s a new Iran nuke deal?
Editor David Horovitz on morphing of anti-overhaul demonstrations, comedian Dan Ahdoot; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana’s Morocco visit
By ToI Staff
Dan Ahdoot, in his New York baseball cap, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2023 (DH / Times of Israel)
June 4, 2023, 11:35 am
Comedy for Koby’s Dan Ahdoot: Why Falafel Phil and over-tipping hold the keys to peace
Probably the first Iranian-US-Jewish stand-up comedian to play Israel tells ToI about failing to visit the Temple Mount, pro-semitism, and his impossible quest for parental approval
By David Horovitz
Finding out all the secret spaces and alleyways of Jaffa, during a week of tours around the city (Courtesy of City of Tel Aviv-Jaffa)
October 13, 2019, 10:42 am
Festivals countrywide: Alluring alternatives to sitting in the sukkah
The eight days of Sukkot provide multiple opportunities for towns to throw parties, with events including film and music festivals, art, dance and comedy
By Jessica Steinberg
Kites will fly at the Israel Museum's annual Kite Festival, held this year on September 25, 2018 (Courtesy Benny Maor)
September 24, 2018, 8:14 am
When a hut’s your home, Israel offers an abundance of fun activities
The Feast of Tabernacles brings a cornucopia of holiday events for those ready to venture out of their sukkah
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
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