I watched this show yesterday and I was blown away by it. It would not be on TV these days for several reasons. Joan Rivers is interviewing a child psychologist and Jerry Lewis. Lewis is in favor of spanking his kids. I found an interesting snippet while watching this . Jerry Lewis who grew up performing in the Catskills and attending orthodox shuls says on live TV in 1968 that he prefers to wear a yamulke in shul while davening because he grew up going to orthdox shuls. He says this 4 minutes into this clip. This is all quite curious when one looks at the secular Jewish life that Lewis has lived. It just goes to show you that there always is that spark of a Jew within a person no matter how much one has strayed.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Go2Films- SHTISEL trailer
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.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
גד אלבז - חלק ממני - וידאו קליפ Gad Elbaz - Part Of Me - New Music video
Let me share with you this beautiful video. Enjoy!
Monday, January 19, 2015
Boyhood
I saw the movie BOYHOOD by Richard Linklater last night. All I can tell you is that I thought it was amazing. The story line is not the most unusual. A couple that has two children get divorced and this is the story of the twelve years that follow. The story is told in real time. It is not unlike Michael Apted's up series where the same people are filmed every seven years. The difference being that BOYHOOD is fictional and The Up Series is a documentary.
One really sees how the characters in BOYHOOD evolve physically as well as emotionally. Because the story is such a familiar one it is even more touching. The passage of time bonds you to the characters in a way theater makeup to age a character does not. I am not sure that the movie needed to be almost three hours to be effective, but its length does not detract from the message of the movie. It has such a potent one. If you haven't seen the movie and want to come to your own conclusions do not read any further. ......
In my opinion the message of the movie is that everyone does the best they can even if they are not perfect. I think that the point of the movie is to show it to the audience instead of preaching its message. When you see how these characters pan out through the years you see this. People are neither all good or all bad. At least in this story.
I highly recommend this movie. And if you have not seen the Up Series, please do. Its a really special series.
One really sees how the characters in BOYHOOD evolve physically as well as emotionally. Because the story is such a familiar one it is even more touching. The passage of time bonds you to the characters in a way theater makeup to age a character does not. I am not sure that the movie needed to be almost three hours to be effective, but its length does not detract from the message of the movie. It has such a potent one. If you haven't seen the movie and want to come to your own conclusions do not read any further. ......
In my opinion the message of the movie is that everyone does the best they can even if they are not perfect. I think that the point of the movie is to show it to the audience instead of preaching its message. When you see how these characters pan out through the years you see this. People are neither all good or all bad. At least in this story.
I highly recommend this movie. And if you have not seen the Up Series, please do. Its a really special series.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Jewish Film Festival 2015 - The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Its that time of the year again. Its the Jewish Film Festival in Manhattan. I love it . This year promises to have some really good films. I saw my first film of the festival yesterday.The film was called 'The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer.'. It was a documentary about some of the women who helped him translate his Yiddish written books into English.
I had wondered about how Singer had thought up the many love stories that he wrote. Were they based on his own experiences or were they merely the works of an imaginative mind? As the film unfolded I realized that the romantic escapades of his characters were based on his own life.
Singer's translators were all female. In the film the women who were interviewed were interviewed at their current ages. This made for some unintended humor. Sometimes they showed pictures of these women in their youth and often not.
Half the fun of watching films at the New York Film Festival is seeing who is in the audience. Two women who were in the film were in the audience. One of the women was interviewed in the film , the other was in a clip of the film. She sat three people away from me in the audience.
The other joy was the question and answer session at the end of the film. It added an extra dimension to the film.
If this film ever pops up elsewhere I would recommend it.
I had wondered about how Singer had thought up the many love stories that he wrote. Were they based on his own experiences or were they merely the works of an imaginative mind? As the film unfolded I realized that the romantic escapades of his characters were based on his own life.
Singer's translators were all female. In the film the women who were interviewed were interviewed at their current ages. This made for some unintended humor. Sometimes they showed pictures of these women in their youth and often not.
Half the fun of watching films at the New York Film Festival is seeing who is in the audience. Two women who were in the film were in the audience. One of the women was interviewed in the film , the other was in a clip of the film. She sat three people away from me in the audience.
The other joy was the question and answer session at the end of the film. It added an extra dimension to the film.
If this film ever pops up elsewhere I would recommend it.
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