Sunday, November 16, 2014

Tender is the Hasidic night

VoilĂ  !
I wanted to create something like a homage to this community living in NY.
They didn't change my life, but they helped me to accept who i was since my childhood.
A poor little girl, hiding the religious identity of her father, reading a lot about the Shoah, and trying to find an answer to: "Why the Jews?".

By the way, for those who have a very short memory, the masterpiece of Claude Lanzman, Shoah, is available for streaming online:
http://tabletmag.com/scroll/186916/lanzmanns-shoah-now-streaming-online
10 hours…

You can also read this piece, like a thriller, in the Village Voice, about the Satmar community in Kyrias Joel.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/11/kiryas_joel_new_york.php
In the comments, some accused this article full of lies. Ver veys!
That seems well-documented with videos, and beautiful photos.
Make your own opinion!
Joel Teitelbaum is not shown like a friendly man. I can accept that he is anti-zionist, but to say: "Zionism was the cause of the holocaust." is totally insane and unthoughtful. He should have read Mein Kampf to understand why Hitler did that.
The saying: "behind each great man, there is a great woman.", Faiga seemed to be the Woman to be around.
This piece is absolutely not flattering for the community. There is no separation of the state and the shul. Kyrias Joel is like Vatican, a new state, except that it depends of the USA financially.
All the battles, wars between people from the same community are horrible. I can't understand that kind of war, coming from survivors of the WWII.
It shows that religion is one thing, but to be a human being leads to a lot of struggles for selfishness, interest and power. Who is the stupid person who invented money?

If you like this artwork and if you want the same coat, i will sew one for you (my king?). :-)
I like sewing without a machine. I already sewed a flowery hippie pants when i was at the University, that was not a real success. :-)
A coat will be easier to sew.
And you can listen the French Jazz band, Saint-Germain, known for this acid-jazz song, Rose Rouge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRpKKBmeqV4&index=2&list=RDzMM044eL56c
But i recommend you Sure Thing, featuring John Lee Hooker, the bluesman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMM044eL56c

Tender is the Hasidic night, Movember 2014, ©emmarubinstein

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