Schtick Happens. by Amanda Marks

If you’re planning a Jewish event for your Sisterhood, synagogue, ORT chapter, Hadassah group, or JCC, and you’re looking to bring in a smart, relatable Jewish comedian who gets the culture, Amanda Marks is the name to remember. Because let’s face it, schtick happens… so why not make it hilarious?

Meet Amanda Marks: Southern, Jewish, and Seriously Funny

Amanda Goldstein Marks is a fifth-generation Alabama Jew now based in Atlanta. She tours nationally with the hit show Moms Unhinged, performs at stand-up comedy festivals across the country, and has opened for Jewish comedy legends Jessica Kirson and Judy Gold. She’s also the co-host of the award-winning Sis & Tell Podcast, where she blends Jewish storytelling with Southern charm and sharp wit.

Her material is clean, anecdotal and sometimes a little spicy and connects effortlessly with multi-generational Jewish audiences. Whether she’s joking about Jewish summer camp, synagogue social dynamics, or the unique chaos of Jewish family life in the South, Amanda’s comedy fits naturally into Jewish communal spaces. It’s never mean-spirited, always insightful, and always funny.

Book Amanda for Your Next Jewish Organization Event

Amanda performs regularly for:

  • Synagogue Sisterhood events

  • Jewish nonprofit fundraisers

  • Jewish cultural arts nights

  • Federation women’s groups

  • ORT, Hadassah, and NCJW programming

  • JCCs and adult education evenings

You can book her for a stand-alone comedy performance, or work with her to create a customized comedy showcase that fits your event’s goals, schedule, and audience.

She offers optional add-ons like:

  • Q&Amanda – an interactive post-show Q&A using both planted and audience-submitted questions

  • You Might Be a Southern Jew If… – crowd-sourced punchlines that make your audience part of the show

  • Comedy storytelling – featuring true and hilarious personal stories selected by your group

Why Jewish Groups Book Amanda

  • She is culturally fluent without relying on clichés

  • Delivers clean comedy that feels fresh and current

  • Engages diverse age ranges, from young adults to bubbes

  • Easy to work with and experienced with Jewish organizational life

If you’re ready to bring laughter, energy, and a dose of Jewish honesty to your next event, book Amanda Marks today. Your audience will thank you with applause and a whole lot of knowing smiles.

Email: mallofamanda@gmail.com


Gotta Love Cheap Comedy Tickets by Amanda Marks

Hey Comedy Fans! For a limited time get 50% off tickets to the next Top Shelf Stand Up Comedy Show at Distillery of Modern Art on May 19th. Use code "earlybird" until Friday, May 3rd at freshtix.com/events/distillery

I’ll be hosting the comedy show and we will be featuring comedians Plug Chapman, Krystle Pierce, Amber Chandler and Amy Brown.

Free the Nipple by Amanda Marks

On our latest Sis & Tell Podcast episode “Free the Nipple,” my sister Alison and I talk about scandalous skinny mirrors, building a better bra, and searching for suitable shapewear. 

Listen HERE or wherever you get your podcasts.

Sis & Tell, an award-winning weekly comedic podcast, is hosted by southern Jewish sisters the Emmy-nominated Alison Goldstein Lebovitz from PBS' The A List and comedian Amanda Goldstein Marks.

The Seinfeld of Podcasts by Amanda Marks

Like Seinfeld is a sitcom about nothing (and everything), so is Sis & Tell Podcast. My sister Alison and I talk about everything from growing up Jewish in Alabama to parenting teenage boys. There is little to no planning before we hit the record button and the subject matter can shift by the second. Our fans often remark that it feels like you’re listening in one of our conversations and that’s because you literally are. We are the Jewish sisters you didn’t realize you were missing. So come on and hang out with our funny fam every Friday (that’s when new episodes drop). Hopefully, you’ll find us comedic and endearing and just the amount of escapism you need.

Our latest, podcast episode, “A Porsche or a Pulpit”, we come up with some COVID-inspired career changes as Alison considers going to online rabbinical school, while I try to convince her that I can use my rapping skills to accompany her as a comedic cantor.

Sis & Tell, an award-winning comedy podcast, is hosted by Jewish sisters Alison Goldstein Lebovitz from PBS' The A List and stand-up comedian Amanda Goldstein Marks and is best described by its tagline “A Whole Lotta Talk about a Whole Lotta Nothin’.”

Listen to the latest Sis & Tell Podcast episode: “A Porsche or a Pulpit

Pandemic Pole Dancing by Amanda Marks

On this week’s Sis & Tell Podcast episode “Pandemic Pole Dancing”, I give Alison the details on my experience taking a pole dancing class at Vertical Joe’s in downtown Atlanta with my friend Tiffany Anderson, a fellow stand-up comedian. If you’re a reality TV fan, you may recognize Vertical Joe’s from a Real Housewives of Atlanta episode. On the particular day that Tiffany and I took the class, we shared the space with two members of the cast from TLC’s The 7 Little Johnston’s as they were recording an episode for their show. With some bumps, bruises and embarrassing moments aside, I had an extremely fun time ‘working the pole’.

Listen to the full Sis & Tell Podcast episode “Pandemic Pole Dancing” wherever you get your podcasts or visit Sisandtell.com for additional links!

Old Man Crush by Amanda Marks

For those of you who may or may not know, I do a weekly comedy podcast with my sister, Alison Goldstein Lebovitz, who also is the TV host for PBS’ The A List. On our latest episode “Gefilte Fish is the 11th Plaque” we somehow meander into a conversation about our #oldmancrushes — which I’m pretty much sure stemmed from her giving a behind the scenes of her interview with Back to the Future’s Crispin Glover.

Who is on your Old Man Crush list? And when you think of him, are you thinking of the OG version or the current? My top tier crushes are Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson and Jeff Goldblum — who I know is an acquired taste so to speak. Alison’s old man crush is pretty shocking. Spoiler alert: It’s NOT Crispin Glover.

Find out who her crush is on the latest episode of Sis & Tell wherever you may get your podcasts or click here for iTunes.

The Brisket Belt by Amanda Marks

Being a southern Jew, it is mandated that I eat brisket. Though I may be a bit confused about the origins of brisket -- Did it originate in a Jewish schtetl in Eastern Europe 200 years ago or in that defunct BBQ shack on the way to the Florida panhandle? -- one thing is for sure, brisket is delicious. Accordingly brisket is also the perfect symbol to encapsulate both my southern and Jewish heritage, which is why I came up with the name The Brisket Belt for a touring stand up comedy series I'm producing with fellow comedian David "HT" Rosen.  

Our first show kicks off on Saturday, December 16th 8pm at Highland Inn Ballroom and Lounge in Atlanta, Georgia.  You can get tickets at www.freshtix.com/events/brisketbelt. Read up on details about it in this Atlanta Jewish Times article: http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/atlanta-will-laugh-for-shelter/

We'll also be traveling to Tallahassee, Florida, my own hometown Birmingham, Alabama and making our way up to New York where HT grew up.  Stay tuned for details!

Time to Binge by Amanda Marks

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Whether chocolate, Netflix, or Pamplemousse LaCroix, we all have vices we love to consume en masse. Now you can binge listen to all 13 episodes of the Sis & Tell Podcast Season 1. We're taking a break to relaunch and will start Season 2 this Fall.

In the meantime, you can reminisce with a sis. And yes, I do drink so much LaCroix that my pee is carbonated. 

Listen at sisandtell.com

Sis & Tell is a weekly podcast hosted by sisters Alison Goldstein Lebovitz from PBS' The A List and comedian Amanda Goldstein Marks.

A Neighborhood Facebook Feud and Randi Zuckerberg by Amanda Marks

On this week's Sis & Tell podcast, my sister Alison and I discuss our "dot complicated" lives from a neighborhood Facebook feud to Alison speaking with serial entrepreneur Randi Zuckerberg about Sue's Tech Kitchen. Links and listen at sisandtell.com

Sis & Tell is a weekly podcast hosted by sisters Alison Goldstein Lebovitz from PBS' The A List and comedian Amanda Goldstein Marks.

"I'm not a doctor, but I play one on the Internet" by Amanda Marks

The next installment of the Sis & Tell Podcast is here! Visit www.sisandtell.com for all 11 episodes or listen to the latest here.

In episode 11, Alison does her best Dr. Oz impersonation as she helps diagnose and remedy a new era of ailments for her sister Amanda.

Sis & Tell is a weekly podcast hosted by sisters Alison Goldstein Lebovitz (from PBS' The A List) and comedian Amanda Goldstein Marks.

Sis & Tell Podcast by Amanda Marks

I've launched the Sis & Tell weekly podcast with my sister Alison Goldstein Lebovitz (host of PBS' The A List). We are at the tale end of season 1, so catch up when you can by visiting www.sisandtell.com or subscribing to the RSS feed via iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play. 

It's kind of like S-Town except there's no murder, it's funny, and we no longer live in Alabama. So besides that it's exactly like S-Town.  

Subscribe, listen, and review!

The Four Gifts to Avoid Giving This Season by Amanda Marks

Mom Cam in the Minivan brings a DO NOT Gift Guide for the holiday season...Because sometimes as parents and gift givers we need to know what to avoid. Learn from my mistakes -- here are four gifts you should avoid giving on the holidays.