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For fairly obvious reasons, commenting on television programmes does not normally fall neither within the remit of this newspaper, nor for that matter, this column. The publicity that was generated for the programme broadcast last week on the lives of ‘chassidim’ in Stamford Hill inevitably meant that many either heard or read about it. It is therefore difficult to allow the interest it generated to go totally unanswered without attempting to set the record straight.
The programme centered primarily on two local characters. One is well-known local commentator who disseminates views on almost any subject over which he feels qualified to offer an opinion, as well on many subjects where he is not. Courting publicity and not reticent at washing dirty linen in public, he occasionally - almost unfortunately - says something sensible but his diatribes, outspoken and outrageous views have naturally come in for wide spread criticism. Unfortunately he seems impervious to any requests to desist from his broadcasts and seeks the limelight at any opportunity.
The other character is, as the secular Jewish press described him - a renegade chossid. Although he frequently wears a chassidishe levush he is clearly neither a member of any accepted fold nor is he in representative of chassidishe yiden in general. On the programme he bared his soul and his somewhat murky past to the interviewer, as well as to a prospective shadchan for his son, not to mention to the millions who were encouraged to watch this programme. He allowed the BBC to film his son’s wedding where they naturally selected moments that would make the most fun viewing and in being frank and honest adopted the mantle of a venerable and even lovable rogue. At the same time he unintentionally did a considerable disservice to the respect in which orthodox Judaism is held. In one of the scenes a mainly N.16 based contingent traveling to Uman came across as a bunch of lads travelling for Rosh Hashono for the equivalent of what must have seemed simply a ‘night out with the boys’ rather than an opportunity to experience spiritual elevation..
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ReplyDeleteSelling one’s soul
For fairly obvious reasons, commenting on television programmes does not normally fall neither within the remit of this newspaper, nor for that matter, this column. The publicity that was generated for the programme broadcast last week on the lives of ‘chassidim’ in Stamford Hill inevitably meant that many either heard or read about it. It is therefore difficult to allow the interest it generated to go totally unanswered without attempting to set the record straight.
The programme centered primarily on two local characters. One is well-known local commentator who disseminates views on almost any subject over which he feels qualified to offer an opinion, as well on many subjects where he is not. Courting publicity and not reticent at washing dirty linen in public, he occasionally - almost unfortunately - says something sensible but his diatribes, outspoken and outrageous views have naturally come in for wide spread criticism. Unfortunately he seems impervious to any requests to desist from his broadcasts and seeks the limelight at any opportunity.
The other character is, as the secular Jewish press described him - a renegade chossid. Although he frequently wears a chassidishe levush he is clearly neither a member of any accepted fold nor is he in representative of chassidishe yiden in general. On the programme he bared his soul and his somewhat murky past to the interviewer, as well as to a prospective shadchan for his son, not to mention to the millions who were encouraged to watch this programme. He allowed the BBC to film his son’s wedding where they naturally selected moments that would make the most fun viewing and in being frank and honest adopted the mantle of a venerable and even lovable rogue. At the same time he unintentionally did a considerable disservice to the respect in which orthodox Judaism is held. In one of the scenes a mainly N.16 based contingent traveling to Uman came across as a bunch of lads travelling for Rosh Hashono for the equivalent of what must have seemed simply a ‘night out with the boys’ rather than an opportunity to experience spiritual elevation..
I 100% agree to moishe.
ReplyDeleteIt's in a way biased!