Hasidic Jews Watch "Fiddler on the Roof" For the First Time
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2016
- JewintheCity.com "Fiddler on the Roof" is a classic movie all about family, faith, and most importantly - tradition! It follows the footsteps and portrays the lives of families in the Orthodox Jewish community back in shtetl Russia. People always assume the movie is about Hasidim (even though it’s not) so we thought it would be funny to show it to actual Hasidic Jews and get their take. In this short and entertaining clip, our Hasidic viewers offer their feedback, some singing, and even some insight into their Hasidic lives. One viewer doesn’t like how the Jewish women are portrayed in the film. Another viewer likes how happy the rabbi is. Our cast includes Abe Karpen, an actor who starred alongside Natalie Portman in "New York, I Love You." L'chaim!
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Starring:
Yeshaya Karp
Abe Karpen
Avremi Toron
LA Rosenzweig
Directed and Produced by Seth Feldman and Allison Josephs
Director of Photography: Elie Gabor elie@eliecreative.com
Production Assistant Danny Moallem
Advisor: Yoily Lebowitz
Fiddler isnt supposed to be about Chasidism its about our grandparents lives as Jews in the Czar’s Ukraine
But I always thought fidler on the rooftop was about ethnic russian jewish culture not necessarily hasidic culture
My favourite dad joke is from Fiddler. "Rabbi, there's a prayer for everything! Is there one for the Tzar?" "Yes my son, of course! May G-d bless and keep the Tzar - far away from us!"
To be fair, it takes place in another country a hundred years ago.
Re the long hair - Russian/Ukrainian Jews in the shtetl did not generally shave their heads or wear their hair particularly short - shaven heads is more a custom of central european hasidim
It's not about Hasidim, but about daily life in the shtetl. I love this play and movie, but, as the men said, it does show a stereotype of Jewish women.
I could have watched them watching the movie for an hour! Why isn't this longer?! Love it!
I respect that their first reflex on seeing the bottle dance is to try and do it too.
Fiddler on the Roof is NOT about Hasidim.
When my high school did Fiddler on the roof the guys put magnets in their hats and in the bottom of the bottle to keep it on their head.
Bear in mind that it took place in Russia in a different time period as well and is a musical; not a documentary...
I was in Fiddler On The Roof last Summer as Chava and it was the most beautiful musical I have ever been in. The music, the dancing, the whole story is beautiful. It brought out an actress in me that I didn't know existed! I was so scared to do the Chavelah scene for the first time in rehearsals because I had never been that vulnerable on stage. It was an amazing experience and I was so sad to see it end. I really wish we could have filmed it so I could live the experience over and over again. However, I made some amazing new friends and memories! It was totally worth it 😊 If any of y'all ever have the chance to audition for it, totally do it! Or at least go see it if y'all ever have the chance. It's an amazing show!
It was a lovely film of its time with some wonderful songs and I think it brought that country and religion to the attention of a lot of people. The 1964 musical (the film followed in 1971) according to wiki:
Well I mean, no one said that Fiddler on the Roof was a documentary 😂
I did "fiddler on the roof" in high school and played Tevye. It was a real blast!
I'm a catholic and I-JUST-LOVE my big brothers and sisters the Jews. :) I love you all!
I was baptized Catholic and my mother was a very devout Catholic. (catholic school) ect. When I was in elementary school my mother taught Spanish. When my classmates were good she would tell us stories if lessons ended early. Not even sure what brought up the movie but she started telling us some scary history. We ran out of time but the class wanted to hear more!
I don't think the book or the musical are about Hassidim.. I mean, they take place in the pale of settlement at the dawn of the 19th century so there's no reason why Tevye and the people of Anatevka can't be hassidic, but there'd be a mention of it if they were. The Rabbi certainly didn't seem like a Hassidic Rebbe in the movie.
Fiddler on the Roof is not about Chasidism. It’s about how regular Jews lived in shtetls all across Europe and the struggles of poverty and antisemitism they faced. What I mean by regular is what we’d today call Orthodox Judaism, before the enlightenment era of European Jewry.
My father and I adored this film.Hope to watch it again as only watched once