Alvah Klempt.

Alvah Klempt is the Jewish mother you never asked for and always needed. Developed during the 2020 quarantine and rooted in her Maine upbringing and Jewish heritage, Alvah leans into a warm, kitschy, nostalgia-forward persona — think Borscht Belt comic meets Bushwick drag brunch. She cut her teeth performing Pride shows in Maine before relocating to New York City, where she has become a fixture in productions like Sinners' Shabbat and the annual LalapaJEWza: A Christmas Eve Drag Spectacular. Alvah won Pantheon Season 4 and is regularly booked at Jewish community events, blending queer nightlife with Yiddish humor and diasporic warmth. Her drag is smart, funny, and deeply specific — a reminder that great drag is about point of view, not proximity to television.