YISRAEL CAMPBELL is an Orthodox Jew with a twist. His one-man show, "It's Not In Heaven" is a work of pure humor. After starting out in this world as a Catholic, he charts his course to where he is today and having made aliyah six years ago. He performs his show all over the world, appearing recently in London, and toured the United States, with regular performances in Israel. The Philadelphia Inquirer described his show as "fits of laughter". Yisrael Campbell Home Page

AARON FREEMAN is a standup comedian, popular columnist, and radio commentator. His views on being a Black, Jewish convert, have made him a hit all across America from colleges to Jewish groups. A veteran of Second City, Freeman often offers his insights on NPR's flagship program "All Things Considered." Aaron Freeman Home Page Email Aaron: afreeman3@gmail.com

RAY HANANIA is a Palestinian-American standup comedian and an award-winning columnist for publications such as Yediot Ahranot's English website Ynetnews.com, the Arab News in Saudi Arabia and the Jerusalem Post. One of the most-written and talked about Arab and Palestinian comedians in America today, Hanania has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Chicago Tribune, ABC News, The Today Show, CNN, and more. Ray Hanania Home Page Email Ray Hanania: rayhanania@comcast.net

CHARLEY WARADY headlined comedy clubs and colleges all across the US, appearing on both NBC and Comedy Central, before emigrating to Israel ten years ago. He has continued his career in Israel, performing in English as part of the Off The Wall Comedy series, targeting every aspect of life and politics in Israel. Charley Warady Home Page Blog: http://israelisms.wordpress.com/

The February 2008 US College Tour was sponsored by MASA-Israel Journeys and
the respective Hillel's on each campus.
The January 2007 Tour was co-sponsored by Corner Prophets
(www.CornerProphets.com) and Daniel Sieradski, director.

Shachar Chason was the opening act and emcee for the January 2007 show. No newcomer himself, Shachar is one of the most popular Israeli standup comedians today. Appearing regularly on Israel television and headlining his own show across the country, Shachar is branching out and trying some material (very successfully) in English. Endearing, clever, and very funny.

About the shows:

The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour was founded by Palestinian Ray Hanania and Israeli Charley Warady. The main troupe features Hanania, Warady and their friends, Jewish African American comedian Aaron Freeman and Jewish/Israeli Comedian Yisrael Campbell.

The show is performed in English. It lasts between 80 minutes and 120 minutes with Aaron Freeman serving as show emcee, followed with performances by Yisrael Campbell, Ray Hanania and Charlie Warady.

In some instances, performers may be substituted. Substitutes include Egyptian Muslim Comedian Sherif Hedayat. We always guarantee that the two core performers will perform, Hanania and Warady. We do our best to provide a minimum of three comedians per show and as many as four comedians.