Now that Srugim is over I have been looking for another good Israeli TV show. Enter Shtisel. Shtisel can be viewed in Hebrew on you tube . It can also be seen on Monday nights in January and February at the the JCC of Manhattan.
Shtisel is a show about a charedi family in Israel. The matriarch has passed away and the widower father lives with his single son . The father is trying to find his son a good shidduch and the son is more open minded about who he is looking for . He is interested in a divorced mother of one of his young students . The widower's daughter's husband has left her and their five kids, The widower's mother lives in a nursing home and watches The Bold and the Beautiful.
The nice part of the show is that its not preachy about being religious nor is it pro rebellion. It is a simple story about a family with lots of drama. Its not the same as what Srugim was to me. Watching Srugim was like watching my life. Shitsel is however an amazing Israeli television show. It is unlike anything I have seen on American tv.
Watch Shtisel on you tube, Watch Shtisel at a Jewish film festival or community center, or by the series online. The venue is not important. Just watch it. You won't regret it.
Shtisel is a show about a charedi family in Israel. The matriarch has passed away and the widower father lives with his single son . The father is trying to find his son a good shidduch and the son is more open minded about who he is looking for . He is interested in a divorced mother of one of his young students . The widower's daughter's husband has left her and their five kids, The widower's mother lives in a nursing home and watches The Bold and the Beautiful.
The nice part of the show is that its not preachy about being religious nor is it pro rebellion. It is a simple story about a family with lots of drama. Its not the same as what Srugim was to me. Watching Srugim was like watching my life. Shitsel is however an amazing Israeli television show. It is unlike anything I have seen on American tv.
Watch Shtisel on you tube, Watch Shtisel at a Jewish film festival or community center, or by the series online. The venue is not important. Just watch it. You won't regret it.
