tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626974447429315601.post7391940832519545964..comments2023-08-16T11:24:07.170+03:00Comments on Chopping Wood: The Right Rosh Hashanah VideoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626974447429315601.post-47658800369461661772011-09-23T21:53:08.288+03:002011-09-23T21:53:08.288+03:00yitznewton,
It's not whether they're part...yitznewton,<br /><br />It's not whether they're part of an organization or not. It's that the Maccabeats are representing themselves exactly as they are: YU guys. They're not phony. The fact that Aish is an organization is no excuse - Aish actually has a powerful point of view - that even the most secular Jew can return to his roots when exposed to the beauty of Torah. They just don't present that POV in their video at all. Why hire a bunch of secular breakdancers who start the video pretending to be frum and end the video pretending to be frum? Why not find a breakdancer who became frum? Or a musician/actor/sports star/[insert whatever kids like these days here], and show how they have similar or greater joy now that they are frum, or show how they use their unique skills to further their yiddishkeit? The Aish video is counterproductive. It shows that Aish doesn't respect its audience or trust its own message.Avi Greengarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14267040237664555562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626974447429315601.post-26573667559413684402011-09-23T16:35:10.122+03:002011-09-23T16:35:10.122+03:00"[Aish video], I saw the Rosh Hashanah video ..."[Aish video], I saw the Rosh Hashanah video that it could and should have been [...]"<br /><br />I suspect that the Maccabeats have a huge advantage in producing good and meaningful art just by virtue of their grass-roots, personal-project nature. Aish is a corporation; corporations are not known for their great art. Only thing would be, if someone within Aish had a lot of inspiration and free rein to create something.<br /><br />"If only they were filming it depicting life not in Washington Heights or Riverdale, but Tel Aviv or Modiin."<br /><br />Who cares? Jewish life can thrive anywhere, at least where there is no repression. (My Hirschian roots showing through.) If you want to encourage settling in EY, fine, but these guys' message applies anywhere, and people everywhere should get that message. On the contrary, this way folks in ChuL will not have any "excuse" that they are too far removed in urban America to be spiritual. (Although honestly the little snippets captured in the video do not strike such a spiritual chord for me per se... still it's a start.)yitznewtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10559815169235725734noreply@blogger.com