Off - A Glimpse at the Lives of Hasidic Rebels

A short film I made for a film class at Columbia University. Don't be afraid of the truth. We must confront this head on, together. What would the Rebbe think if he saw what the Crown Heights community has become?

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[antohonyp]

love the abelton t-shirt @1:45  id say he is a dj

[pelegst]

They don't seem like they are bad kids, indeed, they seem like some of the best, but there was no one to engage them. There *is* no one who could accept them for what they were. The choice they were given was "all or none" and they chose none. For me, I find my own middle ground. I fit nowhere except in my own skin.

[pelegst]

I've heard it said, "Religion is for people who are afraid to go to Hell, Spirituality is for people who have been there." As I watched this, I kept wondering about each one, what is the rest of their story? I don't think they left as much as they were pushed out. They saw things with their own eyes, thought their own thoughts, and came to their own conclusions. There seemed to be no one to ask them to be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. ...

[Elechkite]

@runnerman550 sorry I did not understand your comment. I cry for this departed Jews.... my brothers going away from the derech. Hashem Yirachem,

[runnerman550]

@Elechkite How am I wrong? That's exactly what I was saying.

[Elechkite]

@runnerman550 NO you are wrong! We recieved one Judaism not many sects.Every one knows what true judaism is but not everyone wants to pay the price to keep it loyaly. What you see here is a desgrace and a shame that is, kids that have replaced their holy and sacred mission of a nation of priest and a light to the nations and traded all that for just the opposite. That is when other "sects" are invented Hasidism is not a sect! it is just a way to express judaism loyaly and happily quite beautiful

[runnerman550]

@Elechkite what's a shame and a disgrace? I think all sects of Judaism are a shame and disgrace. You're right, we're one people. This video is bad because it's trying to pin Jews against each other.

[Elechkite]

@runnerman550 jews are one people..it a shame and a disgrace!

[Elechkite]

@runnerman550 this are the very same people that went with the Greeks and became Hellenizers by the times of Hanuka. The enemies of the Jews that abandon Judaism and went with betrayal to the enemies. your children will do the same to you but I think you will prefer an abortion... in any case we have seen this before..you will repent or simply disappear

[runnerman550]

I just want to point out that the guy in the video most of the time is not even talking about Hasidism. He's talking about the Misnagedim.