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Originally posted by Claire
Well maybe they took artistic liscense for the sake of the story. I thought the Chassidim were the one's where the Rebbe has total control over the lives of his people. But it is quite touching and beautifully done and some say a treatise on feminism and religion.
When I was growing up, I read a lot of books on how great ultraorthodox Judaism was supposed to be: Martin Buber, etc..
But when I got involved, I really didn't see what was so great.
I found the rabbis to be poor educators at least for me and I found their methods to be outdated and the mode of life way too restrictive. One rabbi said that he didn't like Bar Ilan and Yeshiva U and Rabbi Horovitz of D'var Yerushalayim once made a speech that Israel needed to "tear down all the public schools and put up Yeshivas instead".. Who'll man the weapons, drive the buses etc? It was a pretty god awful place, really.