About the Show
Three Jews and an Arab walk into a bar…
Performing for the first time outside of Israel, an Israeli American, a Palestinian American and two converts to Judaism (one African American and the other ultra-Orthodox) take the stage at Roy Thomson Hall for one night only.
The brainchild of Charley Warady (American ex-pat comedian and Israeli since 1996) and Ray Hanania (Palestinian American comedian since forever), The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour was borne of a conversation about peace in the Middle East. “How hard could it be? First peace in the Mideast, then the Nobel Peace Prize.”
The show is full of jokes that test political and religious limits. There are cracks about settlers, occupation, Jewish circumcision and suicide bombers. One may wonder how anyone could laugh about these things, but after four SRO shows in Israel so far this year (one of which took place in a synagogue), the comedians tell everyone who will listen: humor can help any warring relationship!
“Protesters outside Jerusalem’s American Colony Hotel last Thursday night couldn’t halt the peals of laughter emanating from the historic inn, where a group of Israeli, Palestinian and Jewish American comics calling themselves ‘The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour’ were staging their two-hour show.”
— The Jerusalem Post
Peace Through Comedy!
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