Yidlife crisis is an improbable web series featuring 2 jewish guys, jaimie elman and eli batalion from montreal. Yidlife crisis in krakow global shtetl yidshtick live bookings upcoming shows media pics press about our mission yidlife team contact support us donate. The creators of yidlife crisis sit down with yael lavie at i24news in tel aviv to discuss the funny side of yiddish and how comedy can affect social change. Sep 23, 2018 yidlife crisis celebrates newly legalized species in sukkannabis episode kicking off season 3, chaimie and leizer make the most of the harvest festival and smoke an incense offering in. In this minitravelogue docuseries, elileizer and jamiechaimie tour the world in search of yiddish, the proverbial yidlife crisis, and, above all, their next. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content.
The guys from yidlife crisis on resurrecting yiddish. Yesterday the montrealbased comedy team known as the yidlife crisis released their chanukah video for this year. Weve been following and posting videos by jamie elman and eli batalion for years, including their expanded version of the old chinese yiddish waiter joke two years ago. Yidlife crisis is a yiddish comedy web series and jewish cultural brand created by two friends, eli batalion and jamie elman, wanting to pay homage to the yiddishkayt in their upbringing and the jewish comedic lens on life with which they were raised. Although clearly inspired by such very special episodes, the season three finale of yidlife crisis anticementish makes far better viewing. Tv seriestv movies 192 season 3 if you make it to season three, you cant be. Well, now you can laugh about your past experiences and reminisce with this jewish web comedy series called yidlife crisis. An anticementish episode yidlife crisis season 3 finale.
Yidlife crisis preserves tradition and pushes it forward. Mayim bialik does mammeloshen in yiddish valentine the. Jun 17, 2016 in less than two years the duo has made a worldwide splash with their web series, yidlife crisis, now in its second season. Yidlife crisis sukkannabis yidlife crisis season 3. Kicking off season 3, chaimie and leizer make the most of the harvest festival and. Jews on the verge of a yidlife crisis the times of israel. Boost is a cipip feature shooting in montreal until october 3, directed by darren curtis. In its season two, now playing on youtube, thirtysomething jewish buddies chaimie and leizer still love to argue in. Back our mission yidlife team contact back donate whats nu home watch the web series chewdaism. Apr 27, 2017 these comedians want to bring yiddish humor to tv by josefin dolsten april 27, 2017 3. A native of montreal and graduate of mcgill university, jamie elman has appeared on many of. Thankfully, its not one of those terribly corny or.
Yiddishkayt is proud to be the hollywood home of yidlife crisis, the groundbreaking web series that wallows in the tradition of great yiddish comedy. Timeline audio montreal sound design audio post production, audio post montreal, sound design, music, vr audio. Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Jon gosselin rips into greedy kate and tlc for defying court ban on filming his children for kate plus 8. Oct 27, 2014 yidlife crisis is a new web series that grapples with some of the great quandaries of contemporary jewish life. Darren curtis is a name that should ring a bell he directed, wrote, and produced who is kk downey as well as the web series yidlife crisis.
Yidlife crisis is a new web series that grapples with some of the great quandaries of contemporary jewish life. Episode 1 off the top this episode is available for free by clicking the video below. Its a milehigh deli sandwich of comedy, a little bit seinfeld, a lot curb your enthusiasm and a bissel of talmud study. The first two episodes of yidlife crisiss second season have already been viewed more than 100,000 times on youtube and the. Remember that time when your mom was pressuring you to meet a nice jewish boy. Yidlife crisis in krakow narishkayt yiddish for silliness follows yidlife crisis on tour as they bring their show to krakow and explore the dynamic and delicate intersections of polish and jewish life in the past and present.
With jamie elman, eli batalion, michael zahran, leane labrechedor. Feb 11, 2016 remember that time when your mom was pressuring you to meet a nice jewish boy. From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of the nbc sitcom blossom. Its popularity has led to multiple video and written projects, international press, multiple awards and and some 3 million online views.
How do we define jewish culture, which bears the influence of nationalities from around the globe. Audio post production music production timeline audio. Not just a laughing matter the montreal duo behind the yidlife crisis web series believes comedy can facilitate conversation between factions. With yidlife crisis, elman chaimie and batalion leizer engage in notsokosher situations getting stoned on rosh hashanah, eating deli sandwiches on yom kippur, etc. Struggling with their own proverbial yidlife crisis, two montrealers on the cusp of middle age return to montreal to discover their own mixedup heritage in the story of jewish montreal, as told through an entire days worth of eating around the city. Featuring special appearances by cannabis and marijuana. Jewish general hospital yidlife crisis s3e3 youtube. Mar 21, 2018 yidlife crisis follows two single 30something guys as they plumb the depths of modern jewish identity and its almost all in yiddish. Yidlife crisis sukkannabis yidlife crisis season 3 premiere. Hart is an emotional wreck after learning his wife wants a divorce, so he seeks comfort at the secretaries apartment t.
Yid life crisis is looking pm me if you are interested 1 production assistant. Using the language of the ultrareligious ashkenazi community in secular settings ties the men. They end up behaving like total dorks but at least they do it in yiddish so its immediately funny even if you dont read the english subtitles. In yidlife crisis, comedic duo takes yiddishkeit to. Yidlife crisis celebrates newly legalized species in. Bialik later played neurobiologist amy farrah fowler on the cbs sitcom the big bang theory from 2010 to 2019. Calling it yidlife crisis, they hatched the worlds first yiddish sitcom, exploring religious and cultural identity in a decidedly modern multicultural world. Yidlife crisis celebrates newly legalized species in sukkannabis episode kicking off season 3, chaimie and leizer make the most of the harvest festival and smoke an incense offering in. Watch selfproclaimed ijis international jewish icons jamie elman chaimie and eli batalion leizer do their shtick while screening from their catalogue of chutzpahdike videos, including brand new material from season 3.
Book any of our 20 popular programs including the great jewish comedians, israel is a funny country, and jewish traces in unexpected places. As the sundown on the sabbath approaches, leizer races to drive chaimie home in, while construction drives chaimie and leizer crazy. Mayim bialik stars in yiddish dating video and its. Kicking off season 3, chaimie and leizer make the most of the harvest festival and smoke an incense offering in the sukkah in honor of. The decision to showcase the yiddish cultural tradition is an attempt to save the language, which was once spoken by 12 million jews, and to present a paradox. They kvetch, kibbitz and pontificate but unlike other shows about nothing, this one is entirely in yiddish. Yidlife crisis in krakow global shtetl yidshtick live bookings upcoming shows media pics press about our mission yidlife team contact support us. Also, how much badonkadonk is too much badonkadonk.
Its chaimie vs leizer and faith vs science in this eppessode and in yidlife stds are no. Its a tongueincheek conversation with reform rabbi lisa grushcow of temple emanuel beth shalom in montreal. Yidlife crisis videos sukkannabis yidlife crisis season 3 premiere. Yidlife crisis celebrates newly legalized species in sukkannabis. Urchatz in the yidlife crisis seder, hand sanitizer is perfectly acceptable, so long as you make sure to sanitize your hands before delivering the hand sanitizer. Benjamin david jamie elman born july 5, 1976 is a canadian american actor, best known for his leading roles of cody miller on ytvs student bodies, luke foley in nbcs american dreams, and himself in yidlife crisis. Drinking in the very best that montreals multicultural mile end has to offer, chaimie and leizer, best friends and debating adversaries, tackle sex, drugs, and milk and meat. The latest episode, which stars mayim bialik, is right in time for valentines day. For shooting yidlife crisis season 3 and beyond, we are in need of production assistants. Yidlife crisis celebrates newly legalized species in sukkannabis episode. The double date a blind date for leizer with the perfect woman turns into a battle of nebbish proportions.
Now is the time to book our jewish humor programs and lectures for your 2020 and 2021 events in south florida and the northeast. Should jews continue to practice archaic traditions. With the initial support of the shaping our future grants and the bronfman fellowships, they created yidlife crisis as a love letter about. Be careful about talking in this time frame anything you say while in the process of cleaning your hands can and will be used against you. These comedians want to bring yiddish humor to tv jewish. For shooting yidlife crisis season 3 and beyond, we are in need of production assistants to help with the many aspects of production.
The little yiddles from yidlife crisis get a chance to meet their idol howie mandel thanks to mom. Mayim bialik does mammeloshen in yiddish valentine actress plays nononsense neurosurgeon prescreeing her schmendrick suitors in lessthanromantic yidlife crisis episode. Yidlife crisis videos sukkannabis yidlife crisis season 3. A very special yidlife crisis seder haggadah included. Jews on the verge of a yidlife crisis montreal buddies do some seriously humorous schmoozing in new seinfeldinspired web series in yiddish by renee ghertzand 16 september 2014, 3. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Yidlife crisis takes off with assist from mayim bialik. The white theatre at the j announces 20172018 season. Featuring a very special appearance by babka, jews, and nongerman cars. On the holy first day of the jewish new year, leizer resolves to find a nice jewish girl, chaimie refuses to make a resolution, and somehow things resolve themselves. How yidlife crisis tackled antisemitism the forward. A video greeting to all past, present, and future patrons of florida atlantic universitys osher lifelong learning institute in boca raton. A native of montreal and graduate of mcgill university, jamie elman has appeared on many of televisions most acclaimed series including. Irreverent yiddish comedic web series back for season.
The university asked its presenters to offer words of encouragement and good wishes as it transitions from live lectures in the 550 seat auditorium to video lectures accessible at home on computer screens, laptops, and smart phones. Yidlife crisis yiddishkayt is proud to be the hollywood home of yidlife crisis, the groundbreaking web series that wallows in the tradition of great yiddish comedy. Check out more yidlife crisis episodes on their website if. The boychicks from yidlife crisis get their chance to meet howie mandel and are determined not to blow it. Come close out the vjff with a night of laughter, narishkayt and even a bisl music with the cocreators of the most successful yiddish web series of the last years.
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