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CHEWDAISM: A Taste of Jewish Montreal is an hour-long documentary following Jamie and Eli as they discover the roots of the city’s Jewish community through a series of classical Jewish eateries telling the story of their community in the last 100 years, with various guests along the way sharing tales and meals.
Nov 17, 2019 · Struggling with their own proverbial "YidLife Crisis," two Montrealers return home to discover their own mixed-up heritage in the story of Jewish Montreal, as told through an entire day's worth of eating in and around the city.
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- Documentary
- Eli Batalion, Jamie Elman
- 2019-11-17
"YidLife Crisis presents a funny, heimish and enlightening historical and cultural tour of Jewish Montreal centered around its legendary foods. Jamie Elman &...
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- YidLife Crisis
CHEWDAISM: A Taste of Jewish Montreal is an hour-long documentary following Jamie and Eli as they discover the roots of the city’s Jewish community through a series of classical Jewish eateries telling the story of their community in the last 100 years, with various guests along the way sharing tales and meals.
From bagels for breakfast, deli-smoked meats at lunch, and a Hassidic bakery's chocolate babka snack, to a raucous Sephardi dinner and taste of the new Jewish fusion cuisine at an innovative Montreal restaurant, Jamie and Eli sample it all.
Apr 24, 2019 · With bagels, babkas, knishes, smoked meats and Moroccan couscous on the menu, with a shmeer of Jewish history and culture on the side, “Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal” celebrates the...
Comedy duo Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion, two Montrealers on the cusp of middle age, love to joke. And nosh. Chewdaism follows the pair—creators and co-stars of the successful Yiddish-language web series, "Yid Life Crisis—as they discover the roots of Montreal’s centuries old Jewish community.
