KOSHER KOMEDY

With a name like Ayelet bas Bina Penina, you just know that this rising Jewish starlet was born to be funny.

Before starting her career as an actress in Hollywood, Ayelet grew up in Far Rockaway, New York. She grew into her role as a Jewish woman by turning her life around with the help of AISH HaTorah and Isralight "when I came across shiurim on the Upper West Side, looking for a boyfriend." She now resides in Jerusalem`s Old City, and still travels the world for her comedy work.

Ayelet honed her dramatic skills on such classic proving grounds for actors as the NY Comedy Club, The Improv and The Comedy Store. She applies her re-engineered acting talents and comedy skills in her new career of Kosher Komedy after "escaping the Mitzrayim of Hollywood and New York." I`m a pioneer in this field, opening doors for religious Jewish women to have an outlet for laughter and fun in a kosher and enjoyable way. My goal is to bring simcha, joy, to women who can`t get it from TV, theater and other non-kosher sources," Ayelet explains enthusiastically.

Ayelet appeared in Bet Shemesh on Wednesday, January 12th. The show was prompted by Ayelet`s desire to provide "a great opportunity for religious women to enjoy comedy. I perform Glatt Kosher Komedy, and it`s for women only!"

Another of Ayelet`s all-women`s shows sold out for an 8:00 p.m. performance January 20th, at the Little Coffee House in Baka in Jerusalem. The kosher comedienne now begins her world tour. Women in Toronto, Los Angeles, the East Coast and elsewhere, will soon be chortling in appreciation of Ayelet`s rendition of a stewardess` speech aboard the fantasy "Glatt Kosher Airline." After Ayelet has everyone laughing out loud at the accommodations made for religious passengers, she will bring down the house with her rendition of "Shidduch Dates `N Mates," and have women crying with laughter when she explains "The Trouble With Children."

Ayelet is not only about getting laughs and audience appreciation. She is out to share the accumulated wisdom of Judaism while poking fun at the foibles of frumkeit. Her participation in AISH HaTorah`s JEWEL program in Israel led to reflective time at the EYAHT seminary for women, enabling her to become a personal coach for goal-setting Jews in various walks of life. She is currently looking for her soulmate.