Aug 2, 2026 · 22 min · 11 segments
Jakey Parry joins David Levine to share his Aliyah story — from growing up in Perth, Australia, to moving to Israel at 18, joining the IDF, building a following through Hebrew humor, and finding his…
Jakey ParryGuestDavid LevineHost
Like, I'm acting with a bunch of Jews who, like, have the same passion as me, and, like, it's so cool that I found Jews like this that I couldn't find in Australia.
Like, and that's not, like, my only fr- Like, I have, like, other friends for different things, and they're all Jews, which is wild, and it doesn't just have to be Jews.
And, and just about the English theater scene, like, it's been such a, such a fun little thing.
If you ever want to become an actor, there's a need of English actors in this country to act in, like, high-tech ads, and it was like they, they, like, got me for one of these things, and then the guy was, like, very Israeli.
He was like, "Pretend you're, you're American." I'm like, "I'm Australian." He's like, "Can you do a, can you do an accent?"
We don't want anyone to know that we come from Israel." So it's, it's, it's crazy, this country.
Like, I'm acting with a bunch of Jews who, like, have the same passion as me, and, like, it's so cool that I found Jews like this that I couldn't find in Australia.
Like, and that's not, like, my only fr- Like, I have, like, other friends for different things, and they're all Jews, which is wild, and it doesn't just have to be Jews.
And, and just about the English theater scene, like, it's been such a, such a fun little thing.
If you ever want to become an actor, there's a need of English actors in this country to act in, like, high-tech ads, and it was like they, they, like, got me for one of these things, and then the guy was, like, very Israeli.
He was like, "Pretend you're, you're American." I'm like, "I'm Australian." He's like, "Can you do a, can you do an accent?"
We don't want anyone to know that we come from Israel." So it's, it's, it's crazy, this country.
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