Benji Lovitt
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| Birth name | Benjamin Nathan Lovitt |
| Born | Dallas, Texas |
| Genres | Israel comedy, Jewish comedy, observational comedy |
| Subject(s) | Israel, Jewish culture, Middle East, current events, summer camp, hummus |
| Website | benjilovitt |
Benjamin Nathan Lovitt, known professionally as "Benji Lovitt", is an Israeli-American comedian, educator and writer.
Lovitt's comedy career started at an open-mic night in Houston, Texas in 1997, and he continued to hone his skills at similar amateur events for several years. After making aliyah in 2006, Lovitt began performing professionally and has repeatedly headlined shows for Nefesh b'Nefesh, Birthright Israel, Masa Israel Journey, The Israel Scouts and the Jewish Federations of North America. He also regularly tours the United States to perform before a wide variety of Jewish and non-Jewish audiences for synagogues, churches and organizations like Israel Bonds, Hillel,Young Judaea, Limmud,JNF and Hadassah.
During Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014, Lovitt performed together with several other comedians for Israeli civilians confined to bomb shelters or otherwise impacted by rockets launched by terrorists and for Israeli soldiers taking a break from the fighting. While many of the shows were free, the proceeds from those with an admission charge were donated to the Friends of the IDF’s Lone Soldier Program .
Lovitt also produced humorous videos on Jewish holidays, aliyah and other topics. He has been interviewed on the Israeli television show Hayom l'Machar and appeared as a featured bachelor on the Israeli reality dating show Singles.
Lovitt has been widely published in Israeli and American media. He is a regular blogger for the Times of Israel and previously provided guest columns for the Jerusalem Post. Articles by Lovitt can also be found at eJewish Philanthropy, the Jewish Daily Forward, Ynet, Israel21c, PresenTense Magazine, Jewish Boston and other online publications.
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