After a disappointing screening at Stuart’s house, Jessie hangs out with a teenage Vine sensation who teaches Jessie a thing or two about feminism, blunt rolling, and revenge. Jew content: Young Hooligan: Yo! To Jessie, the cool girl with the Jew titties! Look at them babies, look at them scrumptious!”
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Newly single and desperate for fame, Jessie sneaks her way into a new media mixer where she and her bff Brie meet “successful” talent manager, Stuart. She tries to charm the pants off him only to eventually lose her own. Jew content: Snorting coke guy to Jessie: “So I was in Rabbinical school crushing it, […]
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We’ve been keeping our eye on film maker Jessie Kahnweiller for a long time. Now she stars in a video series about her life. Remember how when you first came across Lena Dunham and she kind of made you cringe and you kind of liked it because life is often cringe-worthy? Well, Jessie’s got that […]
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The YidLife Crisis kids sure do get around! This episode takes place at Le Sushi in North Hollywood, CA. A recent Yelp! reviewer said of his visit there: Had to knock off a couple stars for now. Visited this place recently and it was a whole different experience. Most notably, since my last visit they […]
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Props to Yossi Tarablush. He’s an Israeli comedian, based in Israel, who nonetheless performs stand up comedy in English. I mean it’s hard enough being funny in your own language, but then to accomplish such a feat in a language you didn’t grow up in? Awesome. So, tomorrow is the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat […]
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Meet Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda, otherwise known as The Schlep Sisters. They have been performing burlesque with a Jewish twist for the past eleven years now–with routines that include sexy latke making, a striptease explanation of Passover and a very sultry dreidel dance. The Forward did a featured segment on the duo in […]
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Taylor, a Buzzfeed employee who is Jewish, stars in another video about Jews. This time she white-girl-raps her song of the alienation felt by a Jew at a Christmas party. While I don’t believe she’s never heard of “Secret Santa” or mistletoe, I too must admit that I have no idea what a “Yule” is. […]
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You know that Ashley Gianni is Jewish in this video because she, like all Jews, wears a giant Star of David necklace. I don’t know what else to say about this video. As I was watching it, I was all “wha….?” but Ashley is undeniably charismatic and I couldn’t look away and I was ultimately […]
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Interfaith relationships are tough at the best of times. The divorce rate among intermarried Jews is double the rate among Jews married to other Jews. Some of the pressures that make such an endeavor so challenging really come to the fore during the holiday season – obviously. That’s when the differences that intermarried couples have […]
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The queens from Ru Paul’s Drag Race put out a Christmas album called Christmas Queens . The album contains drag queen renditions of Christmas classics as well as a number of original tunes and the apparently requisite Hanukkah song. In this track, Detox goes to her Jewish boyfriend’s house expecting Christmas dinner but is instead […]
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