Comedy for koby

Koby Mandell Foundation turns 25, Comedy for Koby goes on 40th tour

Avi Liberman, the creative founder of Comedy for Koby, will host the shows, describing the project as a "tremendous personal and professional source of pride."

 Avi Liberman.
 Avi Liberman.

Comedy for Koby hosts benefit raising funds supporting victims of terror, trauma

 AVI LIBERMAN, Judy Gold, Tom Cotter, and Nick Griffin onstage at the Jerusalem Theater on Sunday night.

Jerusalem comedy tour triumphs against all odds – review

 The world's largest sukkah is seen in Jerusalem's Safra Square, home of the Jerusalem Municipality, for the Sukkot holiday.

Sukkot fun in Jerusalem: Family activities for the holiday


Psychologist explains why laughing, comedy helps during wartime

One way we can help ourselves deal with the stress of war is to laugh. Laughter can calm our worries and heal our emotional wounds.

 HORSING AROUND and letting loose with a camel in Jerusalem’s Old City.

US comics help Israelis cope with trauma of Hamas attack

Steadily, some form of normality has returned in Israel; now, comedy shows are sold out as rocket attacks from Gaza have started to subside.

 American comedian Ian Lara

Sukkot homecoming for Israeli-born comic Modi

The shows will raise money for the Koby Mandell Foundation, the largest provider of emotional support services via multifaceted therapeutic programs for the thousands of bereaved Israelis.

 ISRAELI-AMERICAN comedian Modi.

You have to be dumb, ignorant to hate a group of people - Gold

Elon Gold is a comedian who makes fun of those who embrace racist, antisemitic ideals in order to fight against hate in his work.

 Jewish comedian Elon Gold is seen performing at Watch The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference  in New York, June 5, 2023

US comedian Erica Rhodes comes to Israel for Comedy for Koby

The half-Jewish-on-her-father’s-side American comedian is about to make her first visit to Israel as part of Comedy for Koby.

 ERICA RHODES: I must be wired differently than normal people.

Elon Gold is making comedy a holy mission during Comedy for Koby tour

Comedy for Koby is a stand-up tour run by the Koby Mandell Foundation, founded following the terrorist murder of 13-year-old Koby Mandell in 2002.

 ELON GOLD in his natural habitat

Joy for a good cause as Comedy for Koby features 4 US comics

Dan Naturman, Ian Lara and Jim Colliton entertained a diverse crowd of Jerusalemites.

 COMICS IN a row – from left, Dan Naturman, Ian Lara, Avi Liberman and Jim Colliton

Comedy for Koby returns to Israel with more laughs

Avi Liberman: “We once again have an amazing line-up and everyone is looking forward to making this one of the best tours ever.”

 American comedian Ian Lara

Comedy for Koby comedians return to Israel

For the first show to go on, the comics will have to go through a 24-hour quarantine, while they wait for their results.

 Amir K will be joining the Comedy for Koby tour next week.

20 years after terrorist attack, victim's family tells their story onstage

Twenty years after Koby Mandell’s murder, ‘The Blessing of a Broken Heart’ brings his mother’s grief journey to the stage

 The play opens January 11 in Jerusalem's Khan Theater: Entering the Cave (from L) - Gillian Kay, Dena Davies, Rebecca Sykes, Shifra Levy