Simja Dujov is an Argentine Jew whose musical style encompasses a frenetic mishmash of Balkan, Gypsy, Klezmer uh… joie de vivre? Drunkenness? I don’t know how to describe it beyond that except that whenever I listen to his music I instinctively reach over for a shot of something strong and indigenous – preferably prepared in […]
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Talia aka @nerdwithavoice entertains us with actual comments made by people when confronted with an Orthodox, Jewish feminist. Says Talia: I’ve wanted to make this video for a LONG TIME, based on countless conversations and experiences I’ve had as an Orthodox Jewish feminist. That’s right, I’m “one of those.” … Also, I realize that there […]
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The topic may be morbid but with the rapid approach Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the Days of Awe, this is an appropriate time to contemplate your past, your present, your future and your imminent mortality. You can get all deep and thoughtful about the decisions you’ve made, the relationships you’ve pursued etc. Or you […]
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YidLife Crisis is an improbable Web series featuring 2 Jewish guys, Jaimie Elman and Eli Batalion from Montreal. They kvetch, kibbitz and pontificate – but unlike other shows about nothing, this one is entirely in Yiddish. Season 1 was a hoot and a holler and I was as surprised as anyone when the […]
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This year, Israel is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest thanks to their win last year. The winning artist was Netta and the song was Not Your Toy. In anticipation of this world-class event, enjoy the clip of the song that made it all happen – and see you in Tel Aviv!
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The YidLife Crisis boys are back and talking about anti-Semitism this time or should I say anticementish. Upon eating their cheesebagels, Chaim and Laizer debate about anti-Semitism from both the left and the right. This debate includes remarks such as “The Jews won’t replace us” but robots built by the Jews will. They continue their […]
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The title says it all. And because this is a BuzzFeed video, the opportunity to promote knowledge and understanding was sacrificed for the sake of LOLs. Basically, BuzzFeed got a group of 6 Jews to agree to spend a week eating only Kosher food. To help them along they provided a two-page guide on the […]
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Israel is funny with the doughnuts. For most of the year, there are no doughnuts in Israel. No doughnut shops, no coffee carts selling doughnuts, no cops munching on doughnuts, nothing. But then, one month before Hanukkah, a holiday celebrated in part by the consumption of oily foods, Israel witnesses a veritable explosion of doughnuts! […]
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Israeli artist and Eurovision 2018 winner, Netta Barzilai, launches her new Youtube show to engage with her fans. Netta explains that it is hard for her to release new music so she made a channel where she creates music like the 90s inspired Coco Jumbo, Stop the Fight and a bit of Improv. Enjoy!
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Give the guy credit, in a year that has seen the Israeli Prime Minister fighting all kinds of accusations of corruption and shenanigans, a year where he has lead a government that seems hell bent on chipping away at Israel’s democratic nature, well… his office managed to put out a pretty funny and surprisingly self-deprecating […]
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