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Sep 9, 2023 · Yet some would argue that through his work, Indursky never strayed too far from the haredi world of his youth.
- ‘The Cantor and The Sea’
- ‘Shtisel’
- ‘Autonomies’
- ‘Fill The Void’
After the documentary I’d suggest turning to the fictional “The Cantor and the Sea.”It’s a short film, some 25 minutes-long, about an unmarried, middle-aged cantor who arrives, along with his mother, at a seaside community to lead the High Holiday prayers. Gedalia’s mother is neat and overbearing. Her late husband, the cantor’s father, never suffer...
From there go to “Shtisel,” available on Netflix. It’s the great cinematic novel of the haredi world. Shulem, the newly widowed patriarch, is played with a Tony-Soprano-like magnetism by Dovel’e Glickman; his sons and daughters, brother and mother, neighbors and suitors and neighborhood matchmakers all swirl around in fits of ineptitude and angst, ...
Finally, there’s “Autonomies,” a six-part series that imagines a future in which a revolt over a draft law led to a separation between the state of Tel Aviv and the religious autonomous region of Jerusalem. The cold peace between the two sides is ruptured when the daughter of the chief rabbi — brilliantly played by Shuli Rand, the star of “Ushpizin...
If after all this you still want more and are looking for a woman’s perspective, finish it all off with the feature film “Fill the Void,” written and directed by American-born Israeli filmmaker Rama Burshtein. The New York Times’ then co-chief film critic, A.O. Scott, called the film“remarkable” and described it is as laced with “unfailing sensitiv...
Apr 23, 2021 · What distinguishes Shtisel from any other standard television drama is that it invites viewers into the insular Haredi world. It’s been a while since we last caught up with the beloved Shtisel family, but they’re finally back!
Sep 6, 2023 · Yet some would argue that through his work, Indursky never strayed too far from the Haredi world of his youth. In “Shtisel,” along with his show “ Autonomies ” and his debut play “Babchik,” which tells the story of a Haredi restaurant owner trying to combat a deadly family curse, he always found a way to still “live” in the ...
Apr 14, 2019 · Episodes were shared illicitly, mostly on the social-media network Telegram. Inasmuch as a Haredi pop culture exists, “Shtisel” became a mainstay. Phrases favored by the characters, such as ...
Apr 16, 2019 · The popular Israeli show “Shtisel,” now airing on Netflix, where it has become a cult favorite, is a resonant and revealing trip into the sequestered and often stereotyped world of observant Jews.
Indursky grew up in a Haredi home, in a neighborhood completely separate from secular Jerusalem. He described how, when forced to travel by bus outside his neighborhood for things like a medical appointment, the idea was to get there, not look around and depart quickly.
