NYSEC Hosts "Disarmingly" Funny Comedy Program Focusing on Middle East Crisis

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 27, 2009 -- New York, NY January 27, 2009 -- Have you heard the one about the Jewish and Palestinian-American Comedians?

On Saturday, January 31, The NYSEC Cultured Comedy Club presents Stand Up for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace . This disarmingly funny comedy show brings people from all backgrounds together to laugh, and encourages a dialogue in support of a peaceful, political resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Created by comedians Scott Blakeman and Dean Obeidallah, this very timely program uses laughter as an ambassador.

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NYSEC Hosts "Disarmingly" Funny Comedy Program Focusing on Middle East Crisis

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Stand Up for Peace began in 2002 as a series of benefit shows for Seeds of Peace. Since then, this dynamic duo has performed more than 75 shows at colleges, theatres, Jewish and Arab Community Centers and Temples across the United States.

According to Mr. Blakeman and Mr. Obeidallah, “Stand Up for Peace is first and foremost a comedy show, one that offers smart, thoughtful humor about our families, ethnic and religious backgrounds, as well as our progressive political humor. And most importantly, this kind of humor offers hope—because if you could hear peace, it would sound like laughter.”

The show begins at 8pm at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street @ Central Park West. Tickets are available at the door and are $15 for NYSEC members; $20 for non-members. Ticket includes two drinks (beer, wine or soda). Proceeds benefit the New York Society for Ethical Culture.

For ticket information, the public should contact Moe-Swe Myint at 212-874-5210×113.

The New York Society for Ethical Culture (NYSEC) is the cornerstone of a humanist and ethical movement that was founded in 1876 to advance social justice for all. Ethical Culture emphasizes principles of behavior based on expressing one’s conscience through moral and humane actions. We place our faith in the demonstrated capacity of people to do good and we believe in the worth and dignity of all living beings. Some of the organizations we founded or helped establish include the Legal Aid Society; the NAACP; the ACLU; the Visiting Nurse Service; the first free kindergarten in America; and the First US settlement house. NYSEC is housed in a landmark building on Central Park West that will celebrate its 100th Anniversary in 2010. The building is home to hundreds of public programs a year including panel discussions on key social issues, concerts, theatrical events, town meetings, and writing, music and art workshops. Visit http://www.nysec.org

Scott Blakeman has made more than thirty national television appearances, including Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn," and was the warm-up comedian for "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS. He performs for Jewish audiences around the world, including the Bar Mitzvah Show at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. NBC-TV said Blakeman is, "The top political comedian working in New York today."

Dean Obeidallah has appeared on Comedy Central's "Axis of Evil" Comedy special and is the co-creator and co-producer of Comedy Central.com's critically acclaimed Internet series "The Watch List" featuring a cast of all Middle Eastern-American comedians performing stand up and sketch comedy. Dean has appeared on ABC's "The View," and was one of five comedians profiled in a PBS Special "Stand Up: Muslim-American Comics Come of Age." In addition to performing comedy throughout the US, Dean has performed in the Middle East in Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Dubai, Haifa, and Ramallah.

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More information can be found online at http://www.nysec.org

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