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YidLife Crisis

Boychiks in Berlin!

An Evening of Comedy with YidLife Crisis

Yidd-ish, kosher-ish, blasphem-ish: Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman alias Chaimie und Leizer of YidLife Crisis reflect on the modern Jewish experience with a healthy dose of humor.

Past event

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Where

Old Building, ground level, Glass Courtyard
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Where, when, what?

For the first time ever in Berlin, the boychiks from Montreal present an evening of comedy, film and music, which includes investigating the German capital with their special brand of chuzpe.

YidLife Crisis is the worldwide first Yiddish web series, an homage to yiddishkayt and a love letter to the Jewish-Canadian experience, complete with bagels and a grain of salt.

No need to be Jewish nor knowledge of Yiddish required. Sense of humor requested.

In cooperation with the Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg and the Embassy of Canada to Germany.

YidLife Crisis

YidLife Crisis plotzed onto the internet in 2014 as the world’s first (and best!… and only) Yiddish web series, toasting, roasting and wrestling with the modern Jewish experience. Since then, co-creators Jamie Elman & Eli Batalion have racked up over 4 million online views of their irreverent, insightful shtick, various awards and nominations, and frequent live performances across North America.
YidLife Crisis

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Cultural Summer at the Jewish Museum Berlin

Cultural Summer 2023: 15 Jun to 26 Aug 2023
Events
Current page: Boychiks in Berlin! An Evening of Comedy with YidLife Crisis: 15 Jun 2023
Schattmann and the Re­presen­tation of Jewish Experience in the Cinema of the GDR: Film marathon and book presentation with Lisa Schoß and Knut Elstermann, 18 Jun 2023, in German
Jazz in the Garden: Tel Aviv Quintet: 25 Jun 2023
JMB Summer Festival for the Whole Family!: 9 Jul 2023
Jazz in the Garden: Shay Hazan Quintet: 23 Jul 2023
Jazz in the Garden: Tal Gamlieli: 6 Aug 2023
Jazz in the Garden: Tayfun Guttstadt & Friends: 20 Aug 2023
Jewish Tango from Lviv to Buenos Aires – a Milonga around the World: Part of the Long Night of Museums 2023 – Sounds of Berlin, 26 Aug 2023
Digital Content
Cultural Summer 2022: Video recording
Cultural Summer 2021: Video recordings
Cultural Summer 2017: Audio and video recordings

Where, when, what?

  • WhenThu 15 Jun 2023, 7 pm
  • Where Old Building, ground level, Glass Courtyard
    Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
    See location on map
  • Entry fee

    12 €, reduced 7 €

  • LanguageIn English. No need to be Jewish nor knowledge of Yiddish required. Sense of humor requested.

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Calendar of Programs

Events, guided tours, concerts, and more

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