Jewish comedy! A hilarious encounter of Ashkenazi Jews meeting Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews trying to bridge the language and culture barriers. Great banter, and comedy as the Ashkenazim have to guess the meaning of Arabic and other Sephardi (in the loose sense of Sephardi) words, whilst their counterparts have to struggle with Yiddish! Who will win the war of words?

Beneath the fun and games, Eli Birnbaum, Moshe Levy, Shloimie Gertner, Mark Jacobs and some Chassidic guests from Stamford Hill navigate: Feshnogges (an Ashkenazi Jewish Jelly delicacy), Allah Ma'ak (Middle Eastern blessing), Schmaltz herring (European Jewish fish delicacy), Ich faf dich uhn (Yiddish for 'I whistle on you!'), Mabrouk (Arabic version of 'Mazel Tov'), Mimulaim (Syrian Jewish stuffed cabbage), Ich hob dich in dem boidem (even one of the Ashkenzis struggles with that one!) Kubaneh (Ok thats actually Yemenite, a traditional yeast bread), Ful Medames (so is that, and its a bean dish) Pashkevilim (Yiddish poster announcement), Yoch (East European Jewish word for soup), Farglivet (YIddish for 'greasy'), Farblondjet (Yiddish for 'lost' or 'hopeless'), Mahasha (Indian stuffed peppers),

But behind the hilarious struggles to understand each others words, is a message of Jewish unity. Whatever the words, and whateer cultural differences Asheknazi Jews and Sephardi / Mizrahi/ Yemenite Jews have developed, we can laugh togther, and celebrate that what unites us is far greater than those funny moments that make oru communities unique. Originally produced by Aish UK and Chazak for Shabbat UK, we have re-released this for our youtube channel and hope that you enjoy some Jewish cultural fun together!