Alex Edelman

Alex Edelman (born 1989) is an American stand-up comedian based in New York. His show "Millennial" won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe,[1] the first American to do so since Arj Barker won in 1997.[1]

Alex Edelman
Born (1989-03-20) March 20, 1989
Alma materNew York University
Parent(s)Elazer Edelman (father)
Cheryl Edelman (mother)
Relative(s)Adam Edelman (brother)
Austin Edelman

Edelman grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family in Boston, spending a year in a Yeshiva in Jerusalem before returning to the US to study English at New York University. His father is Elazer Edelman, a biomedical engineer, physician, professor, and inventor. His brother is Israeli Olympian Adam Edelman.[2]

He has performed stand-up since the age of 15.[3] He first performed in the UK in 2012[4] and in Australia in 2015.[5]

Edelman's 2015 Edinburgh Fringe show was titled "Everything Handed to You", and was the second most well-reviewed show at that year's festival.[6] His 2018 show, Just For Us, was nominated for the Best Show award at the Edinburgh Fringe.[7] He has appeared in the UK on television shows such as The John Bishop Show, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Live from the BBC, Roast Battle, and contributed several anecdotes about his experiences as a comedian to the 2015 book Off the Mic, by Deborah Frances-White and Marsha Shandur. He has done a BBC Radio 4 comedy series called "Alex Edelman's Peer Group".

Edelman was the head writer for Saturday Night Seder, a virtual celebrity Passover seder held during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also trained Rabbis to infuse humor in to the High Holiday services as part of the Jewish communal response to the pandemic.[8]

Personal life

Edelman had an on/off relationship with Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan.[9]

References
  1. "Best Newcomer - Edinburgh Comedy Awards". Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. "Skeleton racer AJ Edelman living the dream at Olympics" - The Boston Globe
  3. "A funny thing happened on the way to the Yeshiva". Boston Globe. 1 June 2008.
  4. Edelman, Alex (8 August 2015). "Alex Edelman: How I learned to love the British sense of humour". The Guardian.
  5. Edelman, Alex (21 April 2015). "I absolutely don't want to meet a koala". The Guardian.
  6. "Nish of the Day! News 2015". Chortle UK. 7 September 2015.
  7. "Comedy awards | Edinburgh Festival Fringe". Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  8. Cramer, Philissa. "Jewish comedian helps rabbis nail delivery on High Holidays services". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  9. Saunders, Tristram Fane (2020-01-28). "Comedian Alex Edelman on antisemitism, millennials and being treated badly by the Baftas". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-07-06.


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