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You might have heard a bit about the Hasidic Jewish music scene from my previous videos or from browsing YouTube. It’s a wonderful world, and @yossiesty is a wonderful part of it. He’s a Satmar Kiryas Joel native (like me) who has a deep love for special kinds of Jewish songs like Rabbi Yomtov Ehrlich songs, old Yiddish theater songs, the stories around Hasidic niggun and the adaptations of Christmas carols to Yiddish Chanukah Carols. In this segment, Yossi and I sit down to discuss the stories around some iconic Jewish music and he performs some of it. I invite you to join this holiday-time discussion and to leave a comment! I added the translations to the songs so you can follow along no matter if you understand Yiddish, Hebrew or Hungarian. Many thanks to Mrs. Dina Storch whose translation of ‘Yom Kippur’ by Yom-Tov Ehrlich was very helpful. 11:15 ‘Ani Mamin’ by a Modzitz Hasid who perished in the holocaust 32:55 ‘The Captain's Kol Nidre’ by Reb Yom-Tov Ehrlich 49:51 Hasidic Niggun (Rizhuner) 1:00:45 ‘Belz’ or ‘Beltz’, a Yiddish classic song 1:09:59 ‘Sola Kokosh Mar’ from the Kalover Rebbe 1:21:31 ‘Luz a Shnei’ by Yossi Desser

You'll probably have a heart attack first. This is the first I see of alcoholic donuts. I guess it's the Chanukah donut trend of 2023. I wish you all a Happy Holidays!

I’ve shared with you a bit about the Hasidic music scene. In my recent review of the Hasidic Girl’s school rule book, I found that their comments of the music scene were quite critical… Stay tuned for an upcoming video where I go into more detail on this.

For more about the Hasidic Jewish music scene, see my full video here: https://youtu.be/9GcRIbVEt8c?si=z0eTLwgh63-7vTYC

Happy Chanukah! Bon appetite to all my fellow donut lovers! Here's another Chanukah ad from @OnTimeStudios. These guys don't seem to be publishing anymore, but while they did, they sure seemed to have fun with it. #yiddish #yiddishad #jewishholidays

A world of Jewish Hasidic music exists in some corners of Youtube. In this video, I introduce you to it with 16 picks we sample. Here's a playlist of my picks: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhW2QoO54ycyQTAVvC8b6JcWkthuEps4n&si=75sNROrD1cqffynY You can watch the full videos through the link: 1. 'Williamsburg' by Yomtov Ehrlich: https://youtu.be/f9Uv2wYaUmI?si=ORsM0MvoG_Jluptg 2. 'Shiru Lamelech' by Mordechai Ben David: https://youtu.be/nCbTQZNWpns?si=FwqykCqDiL6zJoBY 3. 'Shalom Aleichem' by Avraham Fried: https://youtu.be/WdCBebC87Ak?si=IiuGGo18CjgtHFNQ 4. 'Abi M'leibt' by Lipa Schmeltzer: https://youtu.be/eCqYHRULLBE?si=awYb2i3JXs3ib97T 5. 'Im Lo Yivne Bayis' by Shira Choir: https://youtu.be/ckVYO9oI8vc?si=G9-tfUWsvoiSmZlk 6. 'Umar Reb Yochanon' by Shulem Lemmer: https://youtu.be/MST-1azpDYc?si=wlncp3qVsEqXr-yZ 7. 'Nafshi' by Shira Choir and Levy Falkowitz: https://youtu.be/Fs2Rozo8bcg?si=elbWJnceuy2Oszj1 8. 'Haneshama Bekirbi' by Motty Steinmetz: https://youtu.be/nF-Nggawuuk?si=GJP2NaOw71QRNHwu 9. 'Yoimom Shuk Machne' by Meilech Kohn: https://youtu.be/QlgL0sJelvI?si=slg4XF7KPX6V0Uvk 10. 'Light Em Up' by Beri Weber: https://youtu.be/ymvy9anzR0c?si=OOFvnD1sOLBqGA3R 11. 'Andersh' by Motty Ilowitz: https://youtu.be/tHzHoDlJYLU?si=IrBCeGdg2r4aLSG_ 12. 'Sukkah'le' by Ari Hill: https://youtu.be/QjQcbeqONrw?si=ylhjR95-mQkL-g5W 13. 'The Dreidel Song' by Shmueli Ungar: https://youtu.be/99N7696KO8Y?si=gx57qSun4WL1tw_2 14. 'Yidden in America' by Lipa Schmeltzer, Dovy Meisels and Hershey Weinberger: https://youtu.be/U8_mSKc3YfY?si=oyVTvBPPVSFLLdGQ 15. 'Shidduch' by Shauly: https://youtu.be/Ggj7KNb4yAM?si=b2A3j32rrmD_3gC1 16. 'Yaakob' by Avrohom Balti and Motty Miller Ensemble: https://youtu.be/Lx9yN62OHco?si=z2jQivSZsXx2YJ1h 0:00 Introduction 2:33 1. 'Williamsburg' / Yomtov Ehrlich 4:12 2. 'Shiru Lamelech' / Mordechai Ben David 5:56 3. 'Shalom Aleichem' / Avraham Fried 7:00 4. 'Abi M'leibt' / Lipa Schmeltzer 8:23 5. 'Im Lo Yivne Bayis' / Shira Choir 9:30 6. 'Umar Reb Yochanon' / Shulem Lemmer 10:50 7. 'Nafshi' / Shira Choir 12:36 8. 'Haneshama Bekirbi' / Motty Steinmetz 14:05 9. 'Yoimom Shuk Machne' / Meilech Kohn 15:16 10. 'Light Em Up' / Beri Weber 17:07 11. 'Andersh' / Motty Ilowitz 18:38 12. 'Sukkah'le' / Ari Hill 20:11 13. 'The Dreidel Song' / Shmueli Ungar 22:41 14. 'Yidden in America' / Schmeltzer, Meisels & Weinberger 24:30 15. 'Shidduch' / Shauly 26:19 16. 'Yaakob' / Avrohom Balti and Motty Miller Ensemble #music #jewishmusic #musicreview

Izzy Posen share about how he took notes in a special kind of Hebrew as a student in an Orthodox elite yeshiva.

#technology #culture #israel

Izzy Posen describes the experience of intense study in a Yeshiva study hall. See the full video to learn about his Hasidic education.

*UPDATE:* After we filmed this segment, as I was about to share it, Izzy's young mother passed away in a tragic car accident. I am so heartbroken for Izzy and his terrible loss. He has been writing on his twitter and his website about his grief for his mother and he shared a few words about her in this updated version. She was such a loving and wonderful woman. If you'd like to read more of Izzy's writing on grief and his complicated family relationship, go here: https://izzyposen.com/ https://twitter.com/posenizzy ----- For the audio-only version of this conversation, see here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/17085580/my-childhood-as-a-hasidic-boy-in-convers ---- A conversation with the wonderful @izzyposen2092 about his education as a Hasidic boy. Hasidic boys have very different types of schooling than girls, and here Izzy shares his at times horrifying, at times fascinating, experience in the Hasidic education system. Here are some more of my videos on #hasidiceducation A trip down memory lane: my own Hasidic education || https://youtu.be/ZRhOovJLcBY Gerry Albarelli, who taught English to Hasidic boys || https://youtu.be/lR7UL9b_xNU Eli Spitzer, a Hasidic boys' school headmaster || https://youtu.be/li3y_lwwIyw Moshe Krakowski, who studied Hasidic boys education || https://youtu.be/IjVyVP7KA8s Pearl, a Hasidic mother who educated her son's in this system || https://youtu.be/V05SsdMGqkg?t=697 #ex-hasidic #otd #hasidiceducation

In my video tour of Bnei Brak, (see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6cnYL94PSY) you met Eli Benedict who left the community but continues to be engaged with the Hasidic world. In this little bonus video, we talked about his personal life and the pain and difficulty he had endured when his place in the community dissolved.

***TURN ON SUBTITLES (CC) FOR TRANSLATION FROM YIDDISH*** This is the new, new age Hasid! The traveling, influencer, modern man who retains a very strong cultural distinction. He speaks Yiddish, eats only the most appropriate foods on shabbes, wears the Hasidic garb -- he's totally a Hasidic Jew from maybe Williamsburg or Boro Park! But he also loves to travel, uses a smartphone, is adept at live streaming culture, and wants to enjoy the finest luxuries when abroad. There are so many businesses cropping up for this new type of Hasidic Jew, and shabbes meals on the go is one of them. Internally, there's surely a pushback against this new trend. Many in the community frown on this, and the obsession with gluttonous eating, called FRESS, raises a lot of eyebrows or sighs. So if you want to understand this world, you have to take the internet trends in context of the criticisms it gets in the Hasidic world.

On October 2nd, 2023, just days before the October 7th pogrom in Israel, I had a sweet, enjoyable day in Bnei Brak's Hasidic enclave. Bnei Brak is on the outskirts of the great secular Israeli city of Tel Aviv, and yet it's an insular world of orthodox Jews, or as my guide calls it: a factory. A factory of prayers, of babies, of religion. (of rugalech and tabik) My tour guide was Eli Benedict, who grew up in Bnei Brak. Although Eli left the fold, he continues to nurse deep connections with this world through his work as a Yiddish researcher, the CEO at YungYidish (see https://www.facebook.com/yiddish.telaviv?mibextid=ZbWKwL), the program director of @LeagueforYiddish and through his close connection to his family. When we visited Eli's childhood home, Eli's parents welcomed us (although they asked not to be filmed) and his wife and child were also there. In my discussion with Eli and his wife, they shared that they come respectfully, that is, they dress modestly, and feel very welcome. I too felt welcome as we visited all sorts of places in Bnei Brak; the main thoroughfare, the synagogue, a mountaintop, shops, sukkahs, and more. The sun was ruthlessly bright and the neighborhood was quite shabby. I was struck by how much more open people seemed to us than in Hasidic New York. Several people were eager to get in front of the camera to give this or that opinion on whatever topic they cared about. As a 'student' of the Hasidic world of New York, the Israeli Hasidic community felt feisty, audacious, open, colorful and, shall I say, much poorer than the community in New York. Our videographer, Geert, who had worked in Bnei Brak many times before, said he loved filming there because of how real it is. That stuck with me. It did feel like Bnei Brak put on no airs, and the setting was maybe not pretty but certainly very authentic. I hope that this came through in this video. Join me for a walk-through of this neighborhood during the lovely holiday Sukkos. Please upvote, leave a comment and share with friends! --- Filmed by Geert Van Kesteren @ https://www.geertvankesteren.net/ Edited by Noa ben Shalom @ https://aicf.org/artist/noa-ben-shalom/

***TURN ON SUBTITLES (CC) FOR TRANSLATION FROM YIDDISH*** Hey - guess what; Chanukah is around the corner! It might be a few weeks away, but shops have been selling donuts for weeks! Here's an old ad from @OnTimeStudios and guess what - there are women in it! Fantastic. I guess all that munching, murmuring and brainstorming led to a brilliant idea: including women in it. Considering that it’s a bit of a risk for these companies to include women (in some cases a huge risk) I appreciate this. I wonder why we haven’t seen more like this since this originally came out 4 years ago. #yiddish #yiddishad #jewishholidays

What are the rules of expectation for Satmar Hasidic girls? In my most recent documentary on Hasidim and the internet, I showed a few pages of the Satmar Girl's school rulebook. This is the rulebook that contains a great many rules that the school has for its students. Among them are rules on modesty, vacationing, technology, college education, and more. Some people asked to see more of it, so I am here sharing the first half. I hope to share the second half whenever I can. #hasidiceducation #modesty #religiouswomen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ-oaSPueTk&t

This is the story of the Hasidic Jews and the internet. In this documentary, I chart the dramatic saga of how different people in the Hasidic community first reacted to the internet, and how the community slowly coalesced on a solution for dealing with the web. Yes, many Hasidic Jews have now accepted the inevitability of the web, and many of them are online. But this is not without caveats and the community's own inventions. Join me for this long-form documentary to learn more. How are standards enforced? What are the standards? What's my personal connection to all of this? I answer as much as possible in a video that tells a story with wider implications than this community alone. It's a story about technology, change, culture, faith, and what it is to be human in the 21st century. With many thanks to my channel members who support my work! With thanks to Nicole Limperopulos for the financial support towards this video. Please check out Nicole's brilliant street photography on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/streetpicnicphotography/ Many thanks to the wonderful Steve Milligan for all the hard work in editing this video. https://www.cliquemojo.com Video by Keith Pressman https://kepress1.wixsite.com/keith-pressman-reel & Beka Namicheishvili https://biaproduction.com/ *Please look through some of those links - they are not sponsors, but their content in some way was helpful to the making of this video:* -Hasidic_1 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hasidic_1 -Citifield Stadium footage: Grifterphotos channel -Citifield Stadium footage: Avraham Eleizer Friedman Channel @AEFreedy -Shimmy Rubinstein wedding photography @shimmyrubinstein1957 -Ezra Bodansky channel @ezrabodansky -Yoel Roth music video: An Abandoned Home https://youtu.be/cZNY1teo5qg -Raizy Fried's channel / Raizy's Cookin @raizyfried9014 -Beri Weber music video: 2EC https://youtu.be/6lYeh0eRkbU -Sheizoli - the largest Hasidic channel @shiezoli -PR Productions NYC - Hasidic ad company @prproductionsnyc2563 -OnTime Studio - Hasidic ad company @OnTimeStudios -Power On Studios - Hasidic ad company @poweronstudios -ProMotion - Hasidic production company -Satmar Archive channel - footage of Satmar Rebbe @satmararchive6544 -Drew Binsky channel @drewbinsky Fiddler on the Roof, movie Fading Gigolo, movie Unorthodox, Netflix series City of Joel, documentary Shtisel, tv show Chapters: 0:00 The internet is full of micro-societies 0:59 Disclaimer 1:16 2012: Citifield Mass Anti-Internet Rally 2:30 Orthodox Jewish values 4:37 1940s; Hasidim come to America 6:00 1980s; Hasidim adopt computers 7:23 2000s; The internet comes to most computers 8:05 The internet comes to phones 9:17 The fight against the internet explodes 10:08 Anti-smartphone cards 11:07 The internet can't be banned 11:32 A compromise: modified technology 12:33 Three examples of how internet use is modified 12:40 1. No internet for children 13:47 2. Filtered internet for adults 15:20 3. Smartdevices are worse than stationary devices 16:50 The invention of Kosher gadgets 18:17 "The internet is here to stay" 19:50 "Like North Korea?" 20:47 Enforcement 21:43 The role of private schools 22:27 School rulebook 25:09 TOUR OF THE HASIDIC INTERNET 25:12 1st stop: FORUMS 26:00 2nd stop: EMAILS 26:38 3rd stop: WHATSAPP 27:25 4th stop: BROWSER 29:09 My reflections on the Hasidic web 30:22 Bonus - my own journey #religion #technology #culture

I will soon be out of business! I'd rather go on Tichel Tours than on my own tour!

Leah Forster has worked in many guises as a Jewish comedian. She was once an enormously famous orthodox comedian. She's now a huge character on instagram.

Note: my apologies for the poor video quality. This was filmed on Monday after the terrible massacre, and we did our best under the circumstances. For my channel members - an extended version of this interview here: https://youtu.be/92nDFiyfVU8 Leah Forster spent many years delighting Orthodox female audiences with her comedy. It is hard to overstate her success: she produced CDs, musicals, a ton of live acts, and was a household name among all Hasidic women. She was not only very funny and booked for major women's events, she was also an English teacher in Bais Yaakov for ears. In the last few years, Leah has been on a different path, as she was outed as gay and her place in the community fell apart. In this video, I ask her about her experience as a comedienne, and we talk about the many audiences that she has made laugh. 0:00 An overview of Leah's Hasidic and post-Hasidic comedy 4:58 How did you become a comedian? 11:36 Where did you grow up? 18:15 What was your comedy like for Orthodox women? 20:45 Why is it so hard to find your old comedy online? 27:44 Can you give examples of jokes you'd make when performing for frum audiences? 37:05 Are orthodox people offended by your imitations of Orthodox characters? For Leah's work, check out her instagram or tiktok: https://www.instagram.com/leahforster/ https://www.tiktok.com/@hellowhellowleah

It's been a very hard week since I returned from my trip to Israel. Today, on Friday October 13, we are being warned that there is an official "Day of Jihad" and that Jews should be careful when going outside. In this livestream, I want to share with you: my experience of being in NYC since the horrible attacks from last Saturday, what my experience has been in the anti-zionist Satmar neighborhood in the last few days, and some reflections on my trip to Israel. I also hope to hear your thoughts and take some questions. Come by Friday 10/13 at 4pm EST.