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The vision behind new children's theater show 'The Golden Peacock' is to make young Israelis fall in love with Yiddish
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A couple of petty crooks, impoverished and largely talentless, decide to try their luck in a poetry contest offering a few gold coins. When they come across a singing peacock, they persuade it to join the competition – intending to pocket the prize money themselves. But when the peacock begins to sing a strange, melancholy song in Yiddish, the two grow uneasy and urge it to liven things up.
