Canada: “Yidlife crisis" (Miriam Borden)
Webinar series – Michaelmas
Shtick! Humor, Satire and Religion
Chair: Alissa Symon
Host: Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner
Shtick! is a five-episode webinar series which investigates the connection of modern comedy, satire and religion through some of its most famous appearances in pop culture.
Episode 4, November 25: Jewish; Canada: “Yidlife crisis”
Miriam Borden
Synopsis: Yidlife Crises is an online series which has been coined ‘the first Yiddish Sitcom’. In this episode, the speaker will explore the humoristic themes presented throughout the series and explain why the creators, who are based in Montreal, chose to create the series in Yiddish.
Miriam Borden is currently a PhD student at the University of Toronto. She holds a B.A. in Jewish Studies (Hons., 2014) and an M.A. in Yiddish (2018) from the University of Toronto. Her research interests are in the development and evolution of Yiddish as an ethnolinguistic identity of the organized institutional Jewish life in the Jewish community of Toronto in the postwar period.
Link for Signing up:
https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98747512458?pwd=Q1pXTE5rOEdEMHBJVTFBSzYzbHBHZz09
Episode 1, October 14, 5PM: Jewish; Israel – “The Jews are Coming”
Netta Schramm
Episode 2, October 28, 5PM: Christians; UK – “Life of Brian”
Prof James Crossley
Episode 3, November 11: Christians; US – “The Righteous Gemstones”
Sam Victor
Episode 4, November 25: Jewish; Canada: “Yidlife crisis”
Miriam Borden
Episode 5, December 2: Concluding remarks on Humor and Religion
Panel: Dr Lina Molokotos-Liederman, Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner, Alissa Symon.
Link for signing up:
Episode 1:
https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_71i3k_XKT2GxAU6H4fIQ3Q
Episode 2:
https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vfMTSAtYTZay5FyuvPvANA
Episode 3:
https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92169834901?pwd=TVdkTjlnaWxkWm11ZDB6MlVObHdZQT09
Episode 4:
https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98747512458?pwd=Q1pXTE5rOEdEMHBJVTFBSzYzbHBHZz09
Episode 5:
https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92077186433?pwd=L21sUEl5aXNaYU9MdzBlcm5MRDlYZz09