Meet JITC Media Award Winner, David Fishof, Orthodox Jewish Sports & Music Agent

One of the highlights of the JITC Hollywood Bureau launch last week was presenting celebrated agent, David Fishof, with the first-ever JITC Media Award for his role in Rock Camp The Movie, where he plays himself, a proud Orthodox Jew. Known worldwide for representing sports and music sensations such as Lou Piniella, Mark Bavaro, the Monkees, and Ringo Starr, Fishof did all that while living as a religious Jew.

Fishof went to Yavne yeshiva in Patterson, then to Breuer’s high school and Baruch College. Here, in an exclusive video interview, Fishof shares both funny and remarkable stories of how his Judaism played a central role in his career.

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Avigail Goldberg

Avigail was one of those kids who maxed out her library card and kept a notebook on her desk for doodles. As an adult, she earned an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Degree in hand, she dove right into professional storytelling: both making her own content and helping other people fulfill their creative vision. She’s passionate about information accessibility, mental health awareness, and minority (especially Jewish!) education and advocacy – so she feels right at home at JITC. If you’re ever in Brooklyn, you can spot her knitting in public.