We are excited to honor Nancy and Mark Schiff at this year’s Comedy Night! This is Mark and Nancy’s 12th year chairing Comedy Night, raising over $1.2 million dollars collectively in critical funds for YULA High School’s scholarship fund. 

A veteran stand-up comic and one of Jerry Seinfeld’s oldest friends, Mark has been performing on the road for over 20 years with Seinfeld and they performed shows in Israel on two separate occasions. In addition to numerous appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman, Mark has had both HBO and Showtime specials and has written for, and guest starred on Mad About You.  Mark is also a playwright and a contributing columnist in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal and has published two books; one called I Killed: True Stories from the Road and his most recent, Why Not?  Lessons in Comedy, Courage and Chutzpah.  

Nancy has devoted the last 23 years to improving Jewish Education in Los Angeles.  She worked at Gindi Maimonides Academy as the School’s Operations Manager before joining YULA Girls in February 2011.  Nancy was the School Administrator at YULA Girls before advancing to Director of Finance of YULA High School.  Nancy played a pivotal role in merging the Girls and Boys Schools business offices into one joint business office. She is an integral, beloved part of the YULA administrative team.  

Nancy and Mark are the proud parents of Jacob and his wife, Anna, Noah ‘14 and his wife, Chloe and Eli.  They are lucky to have two beautiful grandchildren, Benjamin and Lucy, who live within 10 minutes of them.  They offer a free babysitting service whenever needed.

Nancy and Mark are supporters of AIPAC and Israel.  All three boys celebrated their Bar Mitzvah’s in Israel.  They are also proud members of Young Israel of Century City.

Please join us in honoring Mark and Nancy for their dedication to YULA High School and to laughter.  We are looking forward to a very successful evening.