Yossi Zabari

Joseph (Yossi) Zabari (born 1972) is an Israeli actor, comedian, poet, spoken-word artist and dancer who is also a regular speaker at pro-democracy rallies held across Israel. He was born in Petah Tikva to parents who immigrated from Yemen, and attended the Beit Zvi School of Performing Arts between 1996 and 1998, receiving numerous scholarships. He began his career doing repertory theatre at the Cameri Theatre in Tel-Aviv and later studied at the Broadway School of Dance in New York City between 2001 and 2003. He produced a number of one-man shows, including 'Yossi Zabari: Simple', 'Poetry Slam', and 'Queer and Sensual Standup', combining monologues, dance and rhyming poetry. In 2019 he won 1st place at the annual Israel 'Poetry Slam Contest' and represented Israel in Paris. An openly gay man, he is married to graphic artist Nir Yanai, lives in Tel-Aviv, and the two are parents to a son born in 2020.