Hasidic Jews Watch "Fiddler on the Roof" For the First Time

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8 жыл бұрын

JewintheCity.com "Fiddler on the Roof" is a classic movie all about family, faith, and most importantly - tradition! It follows the footsteps and portrays the lives of families in the Orthodox Jewish community back in shtetl Russia. People always assume the movie is about Hasidim (even though it’s not) so we thought it would be funny to show it to actual Hasidic Jews and get their take. In this short and entertaining clip, our Hasidic viewers offer their feedback, some singing, and even some insight into their Hasidic lives. One viewer doesn’t like how the Jewish women are portrayed in the film. Another viewer likes how happy the rabbi is. Our cast includes Abe Karpen, an actor who starred alongside Natalie Portman in "New York, I Love You." L'chaim!
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Starring:
Yeshaya Karp
Abe Karpen
Avremi Toron
LA Rosenzweig
Directed and Produced by Seth Feldman and Allison Josephs
Director of Photography: Elie Gabor elie@eliecreative.com
Production Assistant Danny Moallem
Advisor: Yoily Lebowitz

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@leonewman2524 6 жыл бұрын

Fiddler isnt supposed to be about Chasidism its about our grandparents lives as Jews in the Czar’s Ukraine

@bigbadseed7665 7 жыл бұрын

To be fair, it takes place in another country a hundred years ago.

@tobytanzer 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite dad joke is from Fiddler. "Rabbi, there's a prayer for everything! Is there one for the Tzar?" "Yes my son, of course! May G-d bless and keep the Tzar - far away from us!"

@wanderlingd7047 6 жыл бұрын

But I always thought fidler on the rooftop was about ethnic russian jewish culture not necessarily hasidic culture

@alonplayminecraft 5 жыл бұрын

And you're right, it's about orthodox life in a shtul not hasidic

@lasbagman1 5 жыл бұрын

Wanderling D you're absolutely correct. I'm a decendant of family that came from villages like Anetevka.

@dickbong3661 6 жыл бұрын

I respect that their first reflex on seeing the bottle dance is to try and do it too.

@Allnewsweb 6 жыл бұрын

Re the long hair - Russian/Ukrainian Jews in the shtetl did not generally shave their heads or wear their hair particularly short - shaven heads is more a custom of central european hasidim

@CanalSDR 6 жыл бұрын

and also the married women had their hairs cut and covered with cloth some of sort. I've read this information while studied about jews in Russia. Btw I'm a sefardit.

@wijcik 6 жыл бұрын

Bear in mind that it took place in Russia in a different time period as well and is a musical; not a documentary...

@jessicacain7226 5 жыл бұрын

When my high school did Fiddler on the roof the guys put magnets in their hats and in the bottom of the bottle to keep it on their head.

@Joanne48S 8 жыл бұрын

It's not about Hasidim, but about daily life in the shtetl. I love this play and movie, but, as the men said, it does show a stereotype of Jewish women.

@reepacheirpfirewalker8629 7 жыл бұрын

I find it is stereotypical of my mother and sisters, but then even they went outside the lines.

@janesmith9024 2 жыл бұрын

It was a lovely film of its time with some wonderful songs and I think it brought that country and religion to the attention of a lot of people. The 1964 musical (the film followed in 1971) according to wiki: "Fiddler on the Roof is based on Tevye (or Tevye the Dairyman) and his Daughters, a series of stories by Sholem Aleichem that he wrote in Yiddish between 1894 and 1914 about Jewish life in a village in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia at the turn of the 20th century".

@bethanyromo8396 6 жыл бұрын

I was in Fiddler On The Roof last Summer as Chava and it was the most beautiful musical I have ever been in. The music, the dancing, the whole story is beautiful. It brought out an actress in me that I didn't know existed! I was so scared to do the Chavelah scene for the first time in rehearsals because I had never been that vulnerable on stage. It was an amazing experience and I was so sad to see it end. I really wish we could have filmed it so I could live the experience over and over again. However, I made some amazing new friends and memories! It was totally worth it 😊 If any of y'all ever have the chance to audition for it, totally do it! Or at least go see it if y'all ever have the chance. It's an amazing show!

@dirigible806 2 жыл бұрын

I could have watched them watching the movie for an hour! Why isn't this longer?! Love it!

@LaKellita 4 жыл бұрын

Well I mean, no one said that Fiddler on the Roof was a documentary 😂

@richardatkinson759 6 жыл бұрын

I did "fiddler on the roof" in high school and played Tevye. It was a real blast!

@patriciaforight5586 3 жыл бұрын

I was baptized Catholic and my mother was a very devout Catholic. (catholic school) ect. When I was in elementary school my mother taught Spanish. When my classmates were good she would tell us stories if lessons ended early. Not even sure what brought up the movie but she started telling us some scary history. We ran out of time but the class wanted to hear more! Time went by, one day my mother saw that the play was coming to San Diego my hometown. She arranged for a class trip. She wanted them to learn something about the Jewish people and their plight. She knew that the storyline may not be totally accurate but she wanted the class to feel and try to understand what had happened. All I can say is by the time the play ended you could have converted us right there and then! Girls crying boys running around singing (Tradition!) P. S. Your females?! Not screamers or overbearing BUT very strong woman!! I was 12 when she did this for us.

@yelix2 6 жыл бұрын

I don't think the book or the musical are about Hassidim.. I mean, they take place in the pale of settlement at the dawn of the 19th century so there's no reason why Tevye and the people of Anatevka can't be hassidic, but there'd be a mention of it if they were. The Rabbi certainly didn't seem like a Hassidic Rebbe in the movie.

@roboboro 6 жыл бұрын

I'm a catholic and I-JUST-LOVE my big brothers and sisters the Jews. :) I love you all! I love your words, I love your prayers, your traditions, your songs. Beautiful :) May the Lord be with you always!

@philipvoerding2161 8 жыл бұрын

I am not Jewish, but I remember that I really liked it when I saw it as a 12 year old in the early 1970s. If I Were A Rich Man and Sunrise, Sunset were the songs I liked the most from Musical. Sunrise, Sunset was beautiful in a sad sort of way. Fiddler On The Roof must have had an effect on me because even in my 50s I still like to watch the movie every couple of years or so. As a bookish person, I think the Russian peasant married the daughter I would have wanted to marry myself. It was interesting to see the comments of modern Hasidic Jews watching the movie for the first time. I read some of the comments here that talked of the flaws of the movie, but any flaws aside, the movie installed a positive fascination in me for Orthodox Judaism in general and Hasidic Judaism in particular. I sometimes watch scholarly lectures on Jewish history by Orthodox Jewish scholars and lectures on the Pirkei Avot by Hasidic Rabbis, and that's how I came across this video.

@SueBeaWho 6 жыл бұрын

I am your age and was raised Catholic and I saw this movie at age 12. I own the movie and the record. I agree with u and I watch it like at LEAST once a month and sing and dance to it....my bf is very pleased with me cuz I sing super LOUD........he is like OI VEY not again lololol He is like pls pls NOT AGAIN lolol and goes on the porch even in mid-winter. My guide to how to get a man OUT of the house when he is getting on your nerves lolol

@elisinger4172 4 жыл бұрын

Fiddler on the Roof is not about Chasidism. It’s about how regular Jews lived in shtetls all across Europe and the struggles of poverty and antisemitism they faced. What I mean by regular is what we’d today call Orthodox Judaism, before the enlightenment era of European Jewry.

@riastevens8271 3 жыл бұрын

My father and I adored this film.Hope to watch it again as only watched once

@RabbiKolakowski 8 жыл бұрын

there was a non musical version made in Yiddish in 1937 called "Tevye" that was much more accurate

@NELSONFAIER1 8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Kolakowski Where to find it? Who's been the director, or the cast?

@RabbiKolakowski 8 жыл бұрын

+Nelson Faier Maurice Schwartz

@RabbiKolakowski 8 жыл бұрын

+Nelson Faier was filmed on Long Island

@reepacheirpfirewalker8629 7 жыл бұрын

There was a sequel in Mad Magazine had Tevye wishing he was poor again to keep away IRS. Done in classic fare.

@jackmeoff1406 3 жыл бұрын

I remember well the lesson by our highschool teacher 1974 by teaching us of the struggles and triumphs in life daily, just by watching this at the cinema. I've always appreciated the tender mercies and blessings since that time. Health and happiness is everything a person should ever want.

@michaelterry1000 6 жыл бұрын

I would love to see the same guys reaction to Yentl

@kc-wr1ui 3 жыл бұрын

I am Hasidic Jewish and the movie looks fun

@Graygeezer 2 жыл бұрын

The movie is not intended to be a documentary and keep in mind that these men are comparing the Hasidic culture of today in The United States with a theatrical production of the essence of the way things were a hundred ago in pre-Soviet Russia. That’s a very big difference even for Hasidic culture.

@coroixiwa 7 жыл бұрын

Them singing with the songs killed me XD

@tangobango9653 6 жыл бұрын

“The Papa has the last word in the House, no way.” I luv the Fiddler on the Roof movie!

@birdlynn417 Жыл бұрын

This was funny. I fell in love with Tevye years ago! ;) Good job, guys.

@Sara88890 2 жыл бұрын

My late dad's favorite movie, and he was not a fan of musicals in general. It was fun to see their reactions.

@colliric Жыл бұрын

I saw Chaim Topol on stage at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne during his retirement world tour in 2007. He was just as good in person as he was all those years ago in the movie! Hard to believe he was only 30-something in the film, the aging makeup was brilliant!

@gabehessenthaler6820 6 жыл бұрын

"The Papa has the last word of the house. No Way." Sooooo Truuuuuuue.

@Texas3Step 8 жыл бұрын

Couldn't love it more. Keep 'em coming!

@TheCoolProfessor 7 жыл бұрын

I love Jewish culture!

@Castor2x2 8 жыл бұрын

Those 4 guys are amazing :-). I really love this video.

@carriee.9712 4 жыл бұрын

This was the best hahaha. I love this movie and I loved hearing their actual feedback since it is their religion too. Love it 😁.

@Jeff05Hardy 2 жыл бұрын

such a good video, every now and trhen you found these

@MariaMartinez-researcher 6 жыл бұрын

I guess Fiddler is as Jewish accurate as Sister Act is Catholic accurate. :-)

@LeighMet 6 жыл бұрын

First of all the Jews in Fiddler are Orthodux but not Hasidem. Fiddler is accurate to what it was like in RUssia 110-15 years ago

@silverkitty2503 5 жыл бұрын

mm not really

@LeighMet 5 жыл бұрын

Fidler is way more accurate

@lawrencegbailey5212 4 жыл бұрын

LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@SmidBeach 8 жыл бұрын

I get a smile on my face every time I watch this. Awesome!

@rivkarox 4 жыл бұрын

The production quality is great.

@gallagjg 6 жыл бұрын

You need to wear the hat for the bottle dance, and it should be 3/4 full.

@Historian212 8 жыл бұрын

I love this. It is misleading to say it's about Hasidic Jews (that was in the email), except for the dancing guys at the wedding scene. But it's great to see real Hasidim comment. Personally, I dislike "Fiddler" because it distorts the original stories. Created in the early 1960s, it's more about what assimilating Jews of that era wanted to see on Broadway.... I agree with the two guys in the video -- they did make a better (more authentic) song! Thanks, +Jew in the City.

@jewinthecity 8 жыл бұрын

+Historian212 our video is about Hasidic Jews. at the end of the video one of the guys says Fiddler is NOT about Hasidim. most people assume the movie is.

@hypnoskills 8 жыл бұрын

+Jew in the City I think he (or she) is referring to the beginning, where one of the guys says they're about to watch a movie about Hasidic Jews. I heard that, and thought, "Boy, was he misinformed!" lol

@Samsonthebullterrier 8 жыл бұрын

+Historian212 I read the book about Tevye the Milkman. I'm glad that they didn't stick to the story. It was very sad.

@squamish4244 8 жыл бұрын

+Historian212 It was a story based on a story. There still were a lot of people in New York at that time who remembered life in the actual shtetls. They weren't virulently opposed to the musical, from what I know of it. How many people would even know of Fiddler at all now if it was authentic to the actual story? And is that good or bad?

@michikomanalang6733 5 жыл бұрын

They seem like a lot of fun.

@nelsonvega3444 Жыл бұрын

I love the movie ..I have seen it several times …and I also own the movie …so when I have company and they haven’t seen the movie ..I put it on ..and everyone loves it …

@hannibalphil4132 Жыл бұрын

Great review and reaction guys! May i know the background music you played during the watch? I really like it.

@Tinyman12 7 жыл бұрын

I remember in high school I remember watching the rehearsals for Fiddler on the Roof in High School and for the bottle dance they had heavy tape under the bottles. After the dance they did pull the bottles off their heads to make it more realistic as if the bottles were not actually taped or anything.

@JaimeMesChiens Жыл бұрын

My grandparents called the play/ movie Viddler oyfin dach.

@heididietrich9800 3 жыл бұрын

I love the Jewish people.

@Tinymoezzy 9 ай бұрын

The song Tradition is half satire and half truth. This movie is about what some if not most of our elders went through. My grandmother could not watch this movie, we watched it as a family when I was a child and she burst into tears when it was the wedding scene, and stopped watching when the pogrom started. For those of us who were near to that generation... who sees what an 80 year old grandmother looks like when she is taken back to her childhood that she was robbed of it becomes real. The movie is a musical and plays into now stereotypes, but at the time it was just different. My family was reflected on the screen, it is a generalization of us. I'll always have a soft spot for it.

@briannamarie1809 7 жыл бұрын

THIS IS MY FAVORITE VIDEO ON THE INTERNET!!

@mosescordovero5959 6 жыл бұрын

briannaMarie's comment is my favorite on the internet!!

@bootolchin1250 7 жыл бұрын

I love fiddler on the roof

@roannesmokler-costin3587 8 жыл бұрын

Fiddler on the Roof and Yentl, my two favorite movies with a Yiddishkite feel. Watched them both I don't know how many times. Know every song by heart. Tradition! That is what it is all about. L'Chaim....

@e.l.norton 2 жыл бұрын

A great movie not entirely about Hasidim, but that focuses a lot on the philosophical and cultural differences between Hasidic Jews and "modern" Jews, is The Chosen. A really wonderful film.

@miczekk 7 жыл бұрын

What's the music in the beginning? I love it!

@billyb6001 3 жыл бұрын

The rabbi is awesome in fiddler.

@FriedaVizelBrooklyn Жыл бұрын

Woah Alyssa this is an old video but it's the first time I see it and it's really a fun concept and excellent execution. The lubavicher guys are definitely much savvier at the reaction videos than the satmar-ish guys.

@ThanxForUploading 8 жыл бұрын

Did these 2 chasidishe guys really watch the whole thing, Kol Isha and all? Or did they just watch those scenes with the men singing? In any case, this was cute to watch.

@jewinthecity 8 жыл бұрын

+ThanxForUploading no - as we explain in the description, they only watched "scenes" from the movie.

@alexiatorrez7680 3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, the place on earth where you live will always influence your religious traditions, foods and dances, and every way that you choose to express yourself. Maybe this is why is different from the Hassidic NY, and the fact it’s a movie

@frankesposito2182 6 жыл бұрын

Is their a proper blessing for the Zsar?

@rb7139 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, there's a blessing for everything. May G-d bless and keep the Czar... FAR AWAY FROM US

@tylerturducken519 5 жыл бұрын

May God bless and keep the Zsar.........FAR AWAY FROM US!

@MarvelousSeven 5 жыл бұрын

Why yes! May God bless and keep the Csar...far away from us!

@ladyraven3418 5 жыл бұрын

May God bless and keep the Tsar...far away from US!

@sonofblessed 5 жыл бұрын

May the Lord bless and keep the Czar, very far from us?

@AMW11173 3 жыл бұрын

Fiddler isn’t about Chasidim, per se. It wasn’t meant to be. It’s about shtetl life, where most people were not Chasidic.

@calinewf1992 8 жыл бұрын

Hasidic Jewish children are probably the cutest thing I have ever seen.

@ohmeowzer1 6 жыл бұрын

I love this movie and I’m Jewish ...it’s amazing

@WilliamWeicht 6 жыл бұрын

My favorite part of the movie was Tevye's made up dream. Mazel tov

@WarriorQueenUnicorn 3 жыл бұрын

This is so cute, sweet, and delightfu THANK YOU🤣🥰😇✡ 💙

@neurofire 5 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant idea...mazel!

@alexmackenzie5459 6 жыл бұрын

There is a huge amount to respect in the ways Jewish people respect themselves, their wives and families. I cannot see what biblical origin there can be in the head gear, particularly what seems to be similar to 1930 s. Gangsters. Reasons please.

@Reporterreporter770 8 жыл бұрын

very well done

@lepkeb2252 Жыл бұрын

That was just adorable

@jauregi2726 6 жыл бұрын

Best musical ever ❤

@gtop2979 7 ай бұрын

lol. I still love that movie!!

@yefunehdavid1005 6 жыл бұрын

My favorite movie... Tradition!

@davidcummings5826 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see Hasidic Jews’ reactions, but just because a movie has Jews in it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s about being Jewish. It’s art, and art is free to be interpreted. I see this as a movie about an older generation having to come to terms with the younger generation wanting to break free and live life their own way. A father who is forced to confront the evolving needs and desires of his children. It’s as relevant today as it was in the 60’s as it was for the turn-of-the-century characters in the musical. I could watch it any day of the week. And yes, I’m a father of girls. ;)

@linafelina 8 жыл бұрын

whaaat? did they watch the whole movie, that movie is pretty long, are they even sitting comfortable

@Stolas1777 3 жыл бұрын

So did you skip matchmaker

@mikechicago6200 Жыл бұрын

Love the film

@yourkidkabaap 2 жыл бұрын

These dudes can sing!

@fabbrunette 8 жыл бұрын

These are not the hasids that live in Orange County NY thats for sure.

@imaof4 8 жыл бұрын

Interesting video. I've seen Fiddler many times - most recently with Topol on stage.He portrayed Tevye in the film. Not art imitating life, rather an adaptation of Sholom Aleichem's book, Tevye the Milkman (which I read in Hebrew, translated from its original Yiddish - don't ask! :) ) Its drama, political, historical, not entirely accurate musical... I like the play and film, however, many parts made me uncomfortable - such as mixed dancing at the wedding, and they ask the rabbi, who says 'Its not exactly forbidden...' Guess instead of Anatevka, the village was Chelm?! And the theme is about moving away from Yiddishkeit... The song 'Chavalah' is heartbreaking... My bubbe was from Russia, A"H, and she told me about her first hand experiences as a child with pogroms and what shtetl life was like... Barring having access to a primary source, if one wants to know about life in the shtetl or the many chassidm (my family, btw, are Litvish!) there are sooo many books. Also some films from between the two world wars.

@LeaF-vo2mx 7 жыл бұрын

The movie is not about history, it's about culture and lifestyle. It doesn't have to be accurate historically as much as accurate to the Jewish heart. My husband and I both love this movie and its Jews and we both wish we could be like Tevye.

@booksteer7057 3 жыл бұрын

Six guys commenting on a long movie, and you only got 2:12 of content??? 😕

@coolmotion5565 4 жыл бұрын

Proud Jew here.

@Tinyman12 7 жыл бұрын

Just a comment. Please correct me if I am wrong. One question was "Why are the men's hair so long?" My guess is that since this takes place somewhere between 1900 and 1905 (thats what I heard anyways) there were no barber shops or what ever razors to get the job done. This is an opinion. If someone else has different information let me know. :D

@daryla7825 6 жыл бұрын

Charlie Moskowitz the people in the movie were actors not ultra religious Jews, so why would they have short hair?

@RafaelJasonRafiHecht Жыл бұрын

Personally I liked the 1939 Yiddish classic Tevye better (with English subtitles).

@stefanielorimer 8 жыл бұрын

that's how I felt when I first learned English and saw The Sound of Music (being Middle European) ..... somewhere between ridiculous and offensive but cute ...

@reepacheirpfirewalker8629 7 жыл бұрын

IF you want to know about Norwegian life the movie for you is Pipi Longstockings. That was a set they somehow played over and over in Los Angeles.

@Perktube1 Жыл бұрын

Wait, this is waaaaay too short.

@MondoBeno 5 жыл бұрын

Fiddler on the Roof is NOT about Hasidim.

@janedoe5229 Жыл бұрын

This movie was based on short stories from Russia in the late 1800's.

@angelschemes 8 жыл бұрын

best movie tbh...

@itsonlyindiemusic 7 жыл бұрын

I swear it's based on orthodox not hasidic jews?

@LSOP- Жыл бұрын

Only 2 minutes?

@jeannenabozny5675 Жыл бұрын

That was so funny. I do love that movie though. Lol

@rochellelisa7959 5 жыл бұрын

Somehow all the personalities seem accurate in my experience

@libbyringo8419 Жыл бұрын

I don't think I watch any movie or play as a means to see/hear the final say on any one culture. I guess one has to be a movie lover to know that it only offers one slice of life with one writer's (or writers) and one director's and one choreographer's (heck, too many to name) interpretations. These men could probably come up with a more authentic representation of their religion, but would it be watched by millions around the world? It's ART. To me, no movie actually captures the 1960's fully, but then again these movies are from a singular artist's point of view.

@joshmccollen700 Жыл бұрын

It's the Jewish Top Gun.

@wrybreadspread 3 жыл бұрын

The original Tevye The Milkman b&w movie is a very somber treatment of the one daughter's apostasy by a forbidden marriage and a bleak ending as the family embarks on a lonely and bitter exile from the home village. No consolation. No reconciliation. Fiddler On The Roof, on the other hand, is absolutely ablaze with music and optimism and humor by comparison. It's cheery and romanticizes to the point of what is called being Disney-fied.

@yoshiperspectives4880 2 жыл бұрын

Who said Fiddler was about Khasidim? And of course It's not an accurate depiction of modern day. It's a depiction of olden day Jews living in Russia. And the main point is not about Khasidim