Talk:Benji Lovitt

Suggested updates to biographical details

Hi-I’m Benji Lovitt, the subject of this article. This page was created by a friend of mine years ago. I'd like to add some details, remove unimportant info, and make some small corrections. I understand the conflict of interest and won’t edit the article directly — just offering this for editors to review. (My first time doing this so I hope this is correct. Thank you!)

First sentence: Change name to "Benji Lovitt, in Hebrew בנג׳י לוביט"

Biography: Change "Benjamin (Benji) Lovitt" to "Benji Lovitt"

Replace second paragraph with "After university, Lovitt lived in Houston for two-plus years, working at a start-up while trying standup for the first time at the Laff Stop comedy club. He then moved to Atlanta for four years and continued performing as a hobby in the Punchline, Eddie’s Attic, and other venues. Unfulfilled in corporate work, he took a job at the Israeli Consulate to the Southeast United States, coordinating events on college campuses. In 2003, Lovitt moved to New York City to work for Young Judaea Israel Programs before making aliyah at the end of the Second Lebanon War in 2006.

Remove third paragraph (it's being moved to another section)

Stand-up career: Change title to "Stand-up/content creation career"

Add this as first paragraph: "In 2009, the Jewish Agency for Israel sent Lovitt on a six-city speaking tour across the United States to perform standup comedy about life in Israel.

(Source: https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/stand-up-nation/)

Since that time, he has performed in clubs and for Jewish organizations around the world, including South Africa, Australia, England, and more.

(Source for Australia: https://www.australianjewishnews.com/lovitt-loving-limmud/), England: https://events.limmud.org/limmud-festival-2018/programme/presenters/L/, South Africa: https://limmudjohannesburg2016.sched.com/speaker/benji_lovitt.6r0n1px)

Lovitt has opened for comedians including Jim Gaffigan, Elon Gold, and Yohay Sponder."

(Source for Jim Gaffigan: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/jim-gaffigan-returns-to-tickle-the-clean-funny-bone-489661, Elon Gold: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16UmqfLytH/, Yohay Sponder: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/watch-israeli-comedians-in-english-on-americans-speaking-hebrew-540698)

Change "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" to ", with proceeds donated to the Friends of the IDF's Lone Soldier Program."

Remove words/title "Journalism career"

Add paragraph previously under Biography and add to the end "In 2024, the book won a National Jewish Book Award." (Source: List of winners of the National Jewish Book Award) Blovitt (talk) 11:50, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Just following up in case anyone had a chance to take a look. Happy to clarify anything! Blovitt (talk) 08:15, 13 July 2025 (UTC)