Laugh til it hurts dept.

December 17, 2007 - 2:13 PM by

A little taste of New York City comedy club ambience arrived in Israel last week as four American standups gave a series of performances to benefit Crossroads, a Jerusalem-based center for at-risk Anglo teens.

LA-based comic Avi Liberman, who organized the talent for the tour, has been bringing a revolving door of his funny friends over on a regular basis ever since 2002. This year’s lineup consisted of hilarious journeymen Marc Schiff, Reggie McFadden and John Mulrooney, all boasting numerous TV, club and film appearances.

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Avi Liberman, right, and his merry band of comics. (photo: Joe Hyams)

All of the comics ‘localized’ their material except for McFadden – whose riffs on crackheads, ‘the ladies’ and Shaq left some of the more insular and/or religiously observant American-Israeli members of the audience shifting in their seats.

Everything else from all four was spot on, though, including Liberman’s eye-watering description of performing for the US troops in Afghanistan, Schiff’s deadpan Jewish nebbish persona, and Mulrooney’s dynamic delivery and personality. Despite being one of the two ‘gentile’ performers, Mulrooney’s peppered his set with a generous offering of Yiddish.

They’re still performing a couple more times this week, so if you have a chance, don’t miss a chance to catch the act.

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