Hanoch Levin has dominated Israeli theater for ages, and even though it is long since he died. every new production of a play of his is met with great excitement.  

So for the opening I got 4 tickets, sure that my daughter would be excited.  But she forgot all about it, and I immediately invited my teenage grandchildren instead, forgeting how gross and pessimistic he could be.  

And “Winter Funeral” was Levin as his most gross and pessimistic.  and funny. With a mother who is so unwilling to postpone her daughter’s wedding, even though it means ignoring her nephew and his announcement of the funeral of his mother.   

Not particularly age-appropriate, but the kids were more impressed, I think, by the food at the reception and the fact of the presence of numerous celebrities.  

Not written about in English yet, but in the past I’ve translated at least 4 plays of his in the past, and I don’t think they go over well in English, because the Yiddish humor doesn’t work.  And they certainly aren’t PC.

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