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A letter of love in times of ultra orthodoxy among Jews By News Desk| Published: 6th May 2021 9:26 pm IST Jews have seen the popular Israeli television series Shtisel at least once; Pakistanis should see it twice, if only to understand their Abrahamic DNA. Shtisel is set unusually in a community of ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews, living in the Geula quarter of today’s Jerusalem. Despite the modernity surrounding them, they adhere to traditional codes of dress, behaviour and religious observances. The men sport beards and payes (curled forelocks), wear long black overcoats over their tallit katan (small cloak with hanging tassels) and raised felt homburg hats. They keep the ....
The writer is an author. JEWS have seen the popular Israeli TV series Shtisel at least once; Pakistanis should see it twice, if only to understand their Abrahamic DNA. Shtisel is set unusually in a community of ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews, living in the Geula quarter of today’s Jerusalem. Despite the modernity surrounding them, they adhere to traditional codes of dress, behaviour and religious observances. The men sport beards and payess (curled sidelocks), wear long black overcoats over their tallit katan (small cloak with hanging tassels) and raised felt homburg hats. They keep the yarmulke (skullcap) on day and night. The women dress modestly, if married keep their heads covered by a tichel (headscarf), and are all good cooks. The prudish Haredis ensure the sexes maintain a chaste social distance. For example, an unmarried man and woman will not sit in the same room without leaving the door ajar. ....
(From top left, clockwise) Hana Laslo, Brigit Grant, Dov Glickman, Alon Zingman, Reef Neeman, Zohar Strauss and Dikla Barkai discuss “Shtisel.” Photo: Screenshot. The cast and crew of the hit Israeli series “Shtisel” talked about their characters, the future of the show and its worldwide popularity in a virtual discussion hosted by the Israeli Film and Television Festival and Jewish News. Actors Reef Neeman, Hana Laslo, Zohar Strauss and Dov Glickman, together with director Alon Zingman and producer Dikla Barkai talked with Jewish News’ Brigit Grant about the series and at times referenced a fourth season, leaving fans hopeful for more to come after the March 25 Neflix premiere of “Shtisel” season 3. ....