Looks like the media has finally figured out that targeting a tight knight community hellbent on knowing everything about everyone will share this stuff around. If Oprah’s doing it, it’s bound to be good for the Jews. At this point I kind of wished I owned a TV to watch this 3 part series Oprah is doing on Chassidic Jews in Brooklyn.
Oprah show on Chassidim to be broadcast tonight
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Hahahaha, the claim that this was the first time cameras entered the Hasidic world. The reality is there is a documentary called “A Life Apart: Hasidism in America” that I’ve seen like three times. It might be the only movie within the actual Chassidic community, but it still proves her wrong.
You wanted to watch it 3 times? Is there a hot chani or chesty esti at 43:14, or am I missing something?
Did she bring her ‘friend’ Gail along?
we still didn’t forget about the crown heights riot
Or does this family NOT look Chasidic?
They look right wing yeshivish. They are wearing regular fedoras and the son is beardless. I’m dubious.
They were Lubavitchers. “We don’t have Internet.” Oh, sure. Lubavitch is ONLY the most plugged-in hasidic sect in the world!
Saw it last night. Chabadniks. Which is chassidic according to some, not all (You tell me: are Mormons really Christian? are Ahmadiis really Muslim? Is Hesh really frum? — it’s like a Fermi problem with no way to really know for sure.)
Most interesting to me: the teaser segments made is sound like she was asking really sharp questions and stirring up controversy. The reality: all conversations were (edited to be?) parve and normal. The magic of Oprah’s lens made these chassidim seem perfectly normal, well-adjusted, spiritual and family-oriented. Had this been on TLC with a focus of making American Muslims seem normal, you’d hear the backcry that this was some leftist political movement. Since it’s on OWN and makes American Chabadniks seem normal, it’s like “good for the Jews” in some way.
I was relieved to see the husband blow a shofar and not swing a chicken.