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Inside the hysterical world of Zach Margs’ Israeli parodies

JL;DR SUMMARY Zach Margolin, also known as Zach Margs, has gained significant popularity as a comedian with hilarious impersonations of Israeli characters, appealing to a global Jewish audience. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish DiasporaJewish IdentityIsraeli CultureSocial MediaCommunityTiktokLondonComedyZach MargolinImpersonations

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"We were just on the beach in La La Land in Tel Aviv and we had a particularly obnoxious waiter, the service was awful, and I basically bought one of the La La Land bucket hats, put it on, rolled up my sleeves, tied my bag around me and started impersonating this waiter."
Mill Hill, Brent, United Kingdom
"Margolin told the JC at his family home in Mill Hill."
London, Brent, United Kingdom
"Since August 2023 Margolin, a 30-year-old comedian from northwest London, has been making videos impersonating Israeli waiters, baristas, shawarma restaurant workers, airport security, taxi drivers and beach-going sleazeballs who hit on tourists, all the while steadily growing his audience of international Jews with an appreciation for a spot-on Israeli accent."

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