Israeli Jewish Comedian And Peace Activist Noam Shuster Eliassi - “Coexistence, My Ass!”
Published: October 27, 2025 - By Noam Shuster Eliassi
Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression - Israeli Jewish Comedian and peace activist Noam Shuster Eliassi creates a personal and political one-woman show about the struggle for equality in Israel/Palestine. When the elusive coexistence she’s spent her life working toward starts sounding like a bad joke, she challenges her audiences with hard truths that are no laughing matter.
How Comedy Became the New Voice of Truth - “Coexistence, My Ass!” is a new documentary opening Wednesday in New York highlighting Noam Shuster Eliassi, an Israeli comedian and peace activist.
When Noam Shuster Eliassi, a former peace worker, decides to swap diplomacy for stand-up comedy, her world changes overnight. Suddenly, the stage becomes her new platform — a space where laughter meets honesty, and humor becomes a way to make sense of chaos.
In this insightful and deeply human documentary from filmmaker Amber Fares, we follow Noam as she develops her unique comedic voice, blending sharp wit with heartfelt vulnerability. Between family moments, creative breakthroughs, and the constant push-and-pull of public attention, Noam’s story captures the emotional balancing act of turning life experience into art.
With a tone that shifts seamlessly between hilarity and reflection, “COEXISTENCE, MY ASS!” reveals how one performer uses creativity, courage, and humor to stay grounded — and to keep creating — when the world feels divided.
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