Narishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Krakow (Full Film)

When Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion, Jewish Canadian comedians and creators of the award-winning Yiddish series “YidLife Crisis” (yidlifecrisis.com), travel to Poland in search of their Yiddish roots and Ashkenazi culture, they end up finding a unique Jewish community built by Poles looking to face their own complex roots. “Narishkayt” (Yiddish for “silliness”) follows the duo 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.
Presented by the Charles & Lynn Schusterman Foundation, Bronfman Fellows AVF and the Stevens-Kurtzig Family Fund.
YidLifeCrisis.com

[@suzkstein]

I am not Jewish, however I am a Yiddishephile (??? new word ???). I grew up in a very Jewish community on Long Island and always loved those Jewish boys best. I married a Jew. These guys are near and dear to my heart. I think it's wonderful that they are keeping alive the Yiddish language and humor. My husband's mother and aunt Evelyn who both grew up in Poland would be kvelling right now. I miss YidLife Crisis. I wish they'd do some more!

[@pepelepeau]

This is so well done.I actually teared up because I don't know enough about this part of my family!

[@marymayer8304]

I just recently discovered Yidlife crisis. These guys are amazing. Wish there were more shows😊

[@marthajulian7064]

I just love these guys. Really enjoiyed this video. Thank you.

[@PleatherGirl]

Excellent documentary! This was very well put together.

[@y2k4ed]

The best video they made. 😮

[@shareenselig]

You guys are great. Keep doing what you're doing! Side note, Yiddish was only the "international" Jewish language amongst Ashkenazi Jews. Middle Eastern and North African Jews never spoke Yiddish and that was one of the reasons Eliezer Ben Yehuda decided to revive Hebrew.

[@splattmastere]

Don't forget about Ladino for the Sephardic Spaniards. Yiddish is a Bastard language (with Hebrew/Russian/German/etc./and now English included in the language). For some reason, there is a connection to Yiddish that keeps it alive, while the others have been pretty much abandoned... There are many more, like Zarphatic and Juhuri, that have also been lost to time.

[@Nosferatu729]

Eli Spalter my family speaks juhuri. It’s basically Aramaic /Hebrew mixed with Farsi. Jews from Azerbaijan, Dagestan and northern Caucasus speak it. Unfortunately I only understand and can curse in this language. My parents are fluent though.

[@shareenselig]

@@Nosferatu729 my family speaks a similar dialect! We're from the border between Persia and Kurdistan and it's also a mixture of Aramaic and Farsi

[@Nosferatu729]

Shareen Selig makes sense! Since my people came from Iran and Iraq to Caucasus. That’s very interesting.

[@splattmastere]

@@Nosferatu729 that is fascinating! I love hearing about dialects such as these...

[@jeanneamato8278]

This was great! Well done.

[@Research0digo]

Hi you two, @16:41, you're thinking of Lot, Abraham's bro. :D

[@Zeyev]

Merci beaucoup.

[@frenchiegirlintheusa]

HI, Jaimie and Eli love the video I can not wait to see the Krakow film. You guys absolutely rock.

[@RhymesWithCarbon]

Jamie & Eli - exactly right that my Yiddish is 100% from my grandparents, and now the only way I use it is in vernacular. Fortunately my German knowledge applies *just* enough to know what you guys are talking about maybe 75%!

[@jeanneamato8278]

It would be great if you had Yiddish lessons on line. Love you.

[@totsmini3105]

❤❤❤❤ Just Brilliant! - ❤❤❤❤ We love this show! ❤❤❤❤ - Yes GREAT history lesson!

[@yidlifecrisis]

Luv U 2

[@totsmini3105]

@@yidlifecrisis ...Ohhh sooo precious!, Bless You!

[@gabehessenthaler6820]

Under the narishkayt, there is some khoykhme

[@guybythedoor88]

You need to do some more with that girl in the Blind Dating episode; I believe she will be more available soon.

[@leonamay8776]

Mayim Bialik is the best, I agree.

[@shalvahmb617]

"We're here to buy some Jews..." "50 zloty!" 😂

[@shalvahmb617]

"Jerry not Jew!" 😁

[@elianegerstein9931]

They use Euros now in Poland !

[@Research0digo]

this was really neat, thanks for sharing it here (no recipes in the description?!) :) I'm happy to see the Orthodox guys that said they'd come, did, and I was blown away at the young lady that looked at Jaime's screen and out came instant Yiddish - wow! Hebrew is viewed, correctly, by the Orthodox in Palestine as the political, or ideological language... and it's pretty much frowned upon. And I respect Eli for stating that hard-line Israelis view the guys into religion wearing odd hats & not working on the Sabbath as week-knee'd sissies. I adore these two. Thank you.

[@yidlifecrisis]

A DANK! xo

[@Lagolop]

There is no "palestine". It's called Israel!

[@giovannibattistaponzetto5860]

When you said "meshuggeh" comes from Hebrew You just reminded me of a phrase from "The Periodic system" by Primo Levi (In whose city I live): polka dot fabric was called "kinim", even by gentile traders, from the Hebrew for "lice", one of the seven plagues of Egypt. so some words not only came (and stayed) in the vernacular english, but in other languages as well. Alas, that was Piedmontese which was the commonly spoken language of the region, and it didn't pass into italian.

[@artbaugh3]

Great history lesson! Ketivah v’chatima tovah”

[@marcingrynberg3641]

What a pity I didn't know you come to Poland! :(

[@mihanich]

Go to Germany (to Palatinate) and try to speak Yiddish to locals. It would be funny.

[@DCFunBud]

There are Polish and Ukrainian Jews that are actually Sephardic. After being expelled from Spain they landed in Italy, then Greece, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Western Ukrainian, and southeastern Poland. They married into the majority Ashkenazi population.

[@Research0digo]

In southern-most Turkey, I forget which city... Izmir? they adore their bolla(?). :)

[@ishayhornik3410]

Are you Hungarian Jews or from another country. ווייל דיינע יידיש איז מיט Komoz און נישט Kumuz.

[@yidlifecrisis]

Mir zaynen Canadianishe Yidn

[@marskorhonen2373]

omg the YMCA part cracked me up

[@michellegulden1052]

I'd like to find a nice Jewish man here where I live. Most my age are married; I'm divorced. If they're single they are either too young, and want children, or they live too far.

[@knishk18]

Ich sheb a sach nachess.

[@carolinekaplan542]

Did these two marry ? Do they have uncles available ? Just asking for a friend 😉

[@Laika_in_Space]

איר זײט א ברכה פאר די װעלט

[@yidlifecrisis]

A dank!