An Extremely rare insight in the role of a Hasidic woman in 2000 ▪︎ Stamford Hill

Simcha (meaning Happiness) explores the closed world of Hasidic women through the life stories of a powerful mother/daughter team who live in the Jewish ultra-orthodox community of North London. It shows Ita and Hindi in the workplace and at home preparing the shabbos meal - depict the crucial role of the woman in Hasidic religious life and nurturing Jewish identity. A passionate and unusually frank commentary.
Director: Julia Dover
Genres: Documentary
Released: 2000
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
#StamfordHill #Simcha #HasidicWomen #2000Documentary

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I love this. As an ex-hasidic feminist, I love to ponder the question of life for conservative women. A lot of modern feminists will write these women off as oppressed, but conservative societies have their own narratives for women, their own spaces and strengths. I think there are ways in which these societies strengthen, while also limiting. Some women flourish in these circumstances, others whither.

[@catharinepizzarello4784]

Caring for those who put their lives on the line for their people. I work for Hasidic Jews but know little about them, only how to see that Kosher is kept. They will be free. I so respect them and want to learn their ways. I thank you for giving us this.

[@lporquai9048]

@Chase Williams shtisel is excellent very well written and performed. I watched it 3x Ioved it that much

[@d.sh.2501]

Baruch Hashem we ,the world are blessed with His beloved!!!! You are the miracle who gives the world life and light through Torah ❤

[@tariqkhader6196]

5:30 did she say lesbian?

[@moysheschwartz400]

How old is this video? And where was it published for the first time?

[@DJW1981]

Late 1980s judging by the cars, maybe very early 1990s.

[@dronespace]

The video title states 2000 but it looks a fair bit older

[@madwatermelon1316]

2000. It looks 80s because it was probably filmed using an old camera.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

@@madwatermelon1316 How do you know it's 2000? The wigs look like more than 20 years ago.

[@Aristotle2000]

"And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein" (Genesis 9:7).

[@mannymannyson6720]

First commandment in the bible. Applies to non Jews also

[@tariqkhader6196]

It seems too dated to be 2000

[@leahzitter8629]

While I knew and admired Ita Cymerman, products of this dystopia are as "free" as robots. LIkewise, they put words in God's mouth that come from questionable sources. I'm a survivor.

[@realitytube6290]

Orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill they know God fearing Muslims and practising are blessed.

[@pamreynolds6812]

If Hashem would have given me children and put me early on the derech this would have gladly been my life. I cry for this

[@alizahalon]

@@moysheschwartz400 I don't know how old you are but It's very possible that Ms.Reynolds is too far advanced in years to have a baby, even though some women are having babies after menopause. You are probably on the younger side and don't realize that sometimes it really could be too late. As you go through life you will learn that there are times when we can't say to someone what the Lubavitcher Rebbe said, אז ס'איז קיין מאל ניט פארפאלען.

[@moysheschwartz400]

@@alizahalon I don't believe in mendi schneiorson. But we do know, and we believe that כל זמן שהנר דולק אפשר לתקן

[@alizahalon]

@@moysheschwartz400 What I am trying to explain to you is that you should be careful about what you say and to whom you are saying it so that you don't hurt a person's feelings, especially a woman who doesn't have any children. Also, just because you're not a Lubavitcher chossid doesn't mean that it's okay for you to refer to the Lubavitcher Rebbe by his first name the way you just did. I would never refer to the Satmar Rebbe or the Steipler Gaon by their first names. It is not acceptable.

[@eli2443]

Does anyone know if grozinski Crich roll is gluten free?

[@lporquai9048]

Really ?

[@tarotbyamber7233]

Whar have the hasidic Jews got against the non Jews??

[@pacgang2445]

nothing

[@lporquai9048]

Where's that question come from ? I think the question is what have non Jews got against Jews!!!!

[@tarotbyamber7233]

@@lporquai9048 I'm not against Jews I have Jewish friends

[@lporquai9048]

​@@tarotbyamber7233 I never said you personally, you asked the question and i responded with what I deem as the Real truth what have non Jews got against the jewish people?

[@tariqkhader6196]

The answer is in your question

[@normamimosa5991]

So a woman is a baby factory?

[@tyd8077]

If she wants to be. Is that okay with you?

[@caroldonaldson5936]

She's not kept barefoot & chained to the sink & why use derogatory terms like 'baby factory' for women who choose to do an amazing job of prioritizing family life & creating a stable happy home that produces stable, well-rounded adults? Those are the building blocks our society was once built on and we are all the poorer for having lost the solid foundation those tight, nuclear families once provided - it's certainly not a job for sissies!

[@pastelpurpledeathbed]

@@caroldonaldson5936 Because being a housewife is SO important 🤡

[@tyd8077]

​@@pastelpurpledeathbed Raising children in a stable and safe home and keeping a cohesive family unit is literally the most important job there is. Look at you devaluing the contribution of billions of women to society.

[@caroldonaldson5936]

@@pastelpurpledeathbed Being a parent who raises secure, emotionally healthy kids who thrive in life most certainly is - that should never be confused with being a 'housewife' - your being deliberately derogatory (perhaps you could have benefited from better parenting yourself....🤔)