Comedian Alison Leiby is the author of a new book, "I'm a Lot." Credit: Mindy TuckerIn an interview with Haaretz, Alison Leiby talks chronic illness, her 'complicated relationship with Judaism' and why she's happy to share things 'that won't make me look good'01:44 PM • July 09 2026 IDTComedian Alison Leiby was a bad bridesmaid. Leiby, a woman who vividly plumbed her personal life for years doing stand-up, a woman who wrote and performed a hit off-Broadway solo show about her abortion, a woman who cops to more cocktails and retail carnage than a Real Housewife, an unmarried woman in her forties who "hates kids" (her exact words, relayed a bit facetiously – but also a bit not) has given the world plenty of fodder for criticism. But one thing that frightened her was writing about her failure as a bridesmaid.In the NewsJerusalem's Last Gay Bar Is ClosingWere Polish Women Really Joyless? A New Book Says NoNew Graphic October 7 Episodes Shock 'Fauda' ViewersThis School Wants Israelis to Do More Than Order Hummus in ArabicA Remote Kibbutz Was Named a UN Best Tourism Village. Too Bad You Can't VisitRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Has Long Ignored Warnings of a 'Diplomatic Tsunami.' Now It Has ArrivedDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?An Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesRep. Dan Goldman Says Support for Israel Cost Him New York Democratic Primary