Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 2009, an gayyaci Funnye a karo na farko "ya yi magana a babban majami'ar farar fata a New York", a Majami'ar Stephen Wise Free, ikilisiyar Reform. Ya kira shi "farkon Broadway". Ikilisiyar ta tuntuɓi ikilisiyoyin Yahudawa baƙar fata don yin bikin ranar Martin Luther King Jr., kuma kusan kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na masu sauraro baƙar fata ne na Yahudawa. Funnye ya yi magana game da Sarki da Barack Obama, a daren da ya gabata kafin a rantsar da shi
a matsayin shugaban kasa. Kashegari shi da iyalinsa suka tafi Washington don shiga Obama a cikin abubuwan da suka faru.