Featuring: Avishay Adler (multidisciplinary experience designer) and Eldad Ben-Tora (actor and host)

They grew up in the same building, studied at the same Yeshivat Hesder, and shared a turbulent life – one that, for years, swung between deep denial and hard-won self-acceptance. For Jerusalem Pride Week, Avishai and Eldad bring their hit podcast "It Is What It Is" to the stage for a live, unfiltered encounter. 

Childhood friends and observant gay men, they offer a blunt, humorous, and stereotype-defying shmooze about living within complexity. Blending visuals with personal storytelling, they revisit the defining moments of their lives: from their years at the yeshiva and the dire secret they shared, through the pangs of conversion therapy, to their resolute decision not to give up any part of who they are. 

This is an evening of honest self-reckoning and of the ongoing effort to move from concealment toward a life of integration, love, and choice. Join them for an emotional journey that opens a window onto the complexity within us all.