On Wednesday December 23, 2016 Rabbi Reuven Biermacher, was seriously injured in a stabbing by two Palestinian assailants near the Jaffa Gate and later died of his wounds. The death of Biermacher, 45, left his wife and seven children without a husband and father. As a result, a $1 million crowd funding campaign was launched featuring a […]
Read moreWe’ve seen Jerusalem depicted so many different ways over the centuries, in paintings and mosaics, in songs, in poetry, in photography, in films, you name it. But you have for sure never seen what Jerusalem looks like as seen from an action camera attached to a hula hoop. Until now. Enjoy this dizzying romp through […]
Read moreThis is the official trailer of a film called Wendy’s Shabbat. It’s about a group of Jewish retirees who meet at a Wendy’s in Palm Desert, California every Friday night in order to celebrate the Sabbath together. The staff sets everything up for them ahead of time, and someone brings grape juice (no alcohol allowed […]
Read more“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.” – Confucius “Where the hell did I put my glasses?” – Confused Jew Jamie Elman & Eli Batalion of YidLife Crisis put together this clip for Christmas. Sort of.
Read moreYimloch is a song that will penetrate your heart and soul. The very original and attractive tune was composed by Avraham Yitzchak Bouzaglou when he was 14 years old, on Erev Yom Kippur, as he visualized the words Yimloch Hashem so clearly in his mind. You will surely get moved by the soft musical blend […]
Read moreThe little yiddles from YidLife Crisis get a chance to meet their idol Howie Mandel thanks to Mom. They end up behaving like total dorks – but at least they do it in Yiddish so it’s immediately funny even if you don’t read the English subtitles. Yay Place Des Arts! Great places nearby to […]
Read moreThe premise of this uh… mini-series, is that Jamie and Elie will search for Yiddish language and culture in Tel Aviv. In this episode they find a Yiddish library and cultural center in the deepest bowels of the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station – a white elephant that is one of the biggest bus stations […]
Read moreThe YidLife Crisis boys went to New York to nosh at the annual Workmen’s Circle Taste of Jewish Culture Street Fair. And what does Jewish culture taste like? European treiff apparently. I mean I wouldn’t be so offended if they had called it the Ashkenazic Culture Street Fair – but everything on sample seemed to […]
Read moreWelcome to another Yidcore video! Yidcore are a Jewish Australian Punk Rock Band know for doing punk-rock covers of Jewish and Israeli music and this time they are doing a cover of Yerushalayim shel Lahav which is as awesome as it sounds. Enjoy!
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