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a white dim sum box with a thank you and enjoy with a picture of Yelena Shmulenson, Steve Steiner and Allen Lewis Rickman

The Congress for Jewish Culture

presents

THE ESSENCE

SEE what happens when you sin with a shiksa!

JAM to Soviet Yiddish Rock & Roll!

HEAR Einstein’s theory debated by imbeciles!

"HILARIOUS AND SMART... There wasn't a dry eye

in the room, but the tears were from laughter ."
-- HUFFINGTON POST

In
Philadephia
December
6 & 7!

Presented by THEATRE ARIEL

Get your tickets now!

https://theweitzman.org/events/the-essence-a-yiddish-dim-sum-theater/

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"AMAZING... Makes you want to laugh and cry...

Not just for the old folks... See it!" 
-- NYTHEATRE.COM

"DELIGHTFUL... Fast-moving, informative, and funny"

-- JEWISH STANDARD

JEWISH AS YOM KIPPUR

...but a whole lot hipper!"

-- JACKIE ("Only Murders In The Building") HOFFMAN

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Yelena Shmulenson and Allen Lewis Rickman in comic faces from The Essense, a drama, musical comedy yiddish live show
Yelena Shmulenson in pink boxing gloves
Steve Steiner stares out in a crown, in the middle Yelena Shmulenson with Allen Lewis Rickman all in comic faces from The Essense - the off-broadway Yiddish drama and musical comedy
ESSENCE BENCH.JPG

“Your show has Yiddish in it?
Great, I’ll tell my grandmother!”
 
Not this time.

This show is for you.

The Essence is a fast-moving revue for people who:

Know nothing about Yiddish

Nostalgia

makes

them

puke

 Can’t imagine themselves at a show

with Yiddish in it

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