Modern Orthodox, Hasidic, and an Unaffiliated Jew - Essay Example

If You Are The One Script Dating game show happened in America This episode is only for Jews Director Longjiao Kang Introduction of the show There is a male GUEST came up to find a match, and on the other side of the podium are 24 female GUESTs with the lights on. And the one female GUEST who really is into this guy would hit the light and to be the one stand to the side and let the male guest decide whether or not to take her hand. On the other hand if he have no light still on at the last he will leave the stage and wait for another groupof women who could get intrested in him. In the first round the girls can ask would ever questions she want the male GUEST to answer. Malkie as the one of the guests, she dress up in a pink skirt, left her knees bare showing, urging to see who the male guest looks like. Reuven is the first male Guest. Reuven: Hi, girls on the other side. I’m Reuven from Brooklyn, New York. I am a Jew. I’m 24 years old. And I am studying to become a rabbi. Host: wow, a future rabbi! Welcome to “If you are the one”. It seems like an needed question. Reuven, what kind of orthodoxy do you believe? Reuven: I m a modern orthodox, I believe woman is part of modern American culture we need to engage with. i believe in the modern ways but one should still hold on to the jewish tradition. Engage in the secular world is what makes our believes survives in these days. On the other side of the podium we have girls from all of the Jewish background. All of the 24 lights were still on at this time. There are two female guest we are known of. Malkie and from the story Who Knows Kaddish, the narrator. I named the narrator “Kaddish”. Reuven: I like to read all kinds of books and watch movies in the Cinema. I feel comfortable talking with another sex and I am willing to take her out for the movie (Class discussion, the chosen). Host: Girls what do you think? Does any one have questions want to ask Reuven? And stated yourself first. Malkie: Hi Reuven. I’m Malkie, I am from hasidic orthodoxy, but some what I agree with your opinion. I really prefer spiritual in the Jewish faith. I think be a part of the modern world is an important part of Judaism. there should be acomplement between the the secular and the traditional believes. I’m interest in you. Kaddish: Hi, Reuven. I’m Kaddish. I am unaffiliated Jew. I don’t have much belief in Jewish, but I live around it and I like how it bonds within the culture. My families were Jews but we lived like Unitarians, and celebrated the secular trappings of Christmas. But we celebrate no Jewish holidays because as far as we knew, they werent any fun (Kirshenbaum, 174). Host: Wow, seems a lot of girls choose to leave their lights on for you. Reuven. Let’s talk more about yourself. Reuven: I had my secular education at Yeshiva University and I read a lot of books my father recommend me. But I am still a faithful Jew. Don’t say that reading books would make you less religious because now I have both knowledge and faith as the outcome. My father is a great guy. He didnt restrain me much on the choice of my education. My father is a modern Jew he devote his life to his faith in modern orthodox, he also promoted a Jewish state. (cite and connect to lecture?) Few lights went off at the time when he said about the Jewish state.this is because of the different believes in this, but Malkie and Kaddish’s light are still on. Malkie: My parents didnt allow me to get a secular education and this is what i have grown up with. I really adore my parents devotion into hasidism. We do celebrate Jewish holidays. It’s forbidden for us to answer the phone on yontif holiday. My parents want to keep their children completely enmeshed in the Lubavitch system, with no potentially faith damaging outside influences. i became exposed to it upon enrolling at Tourno, "a college whose ultra-Orthodox auspices do not completely erase the taint secular studies in a non-Lubativh atmosphere." (document 3, 160). Kaddish: well, my parents are non-religious, my mother insist she doesn’t want a rabbi to appear on her funerals, but its part of the culture, we still ask a rabbi for blessing at the funeral. I didnt know mush about Judaism. I dont even know how to say my name in Hebrew. When I passed the grave yard of the Jews died in Holocaust. I just want to say Kaddish a traditional prayer for them, but I feel powerless because how to say it (Kirshenbaum, 181). Your inspiration to become a rabbi is good but you seem to know the jewish ways and are rooted in the beliefs. Host: it seems the girls want to know something more from you, Reuven. Talk about your past relationships. Reavun: I met a girl when I was in college. She was my best friend’s sister. We didn’t get together because she was matched to somebody by her parents since she was born. She born in a hesideic family. She had no freedom of choosing who she wants to marry with. But I believed in free marriage and romance. So we headed in different direction. I wish to find someone who can understand my feelings. (cite film) Host: Lets hear from your friends! Videos Danny: hi reuven, i m at Columbia universality studying PHD. I heard you’re on a dating show! I was so happy for you, my best friend. Ok, I am a hasidic Jew but after i made friend with reuven it lights up my world. We shared our values, we shared our religion. Host: Malkie you look really interested in this guy, what do you think about Reuven? Malkie：I think Reuven is great on his religious belief and we share the same culture and celebrate the same holiday, and we both study Tulmet. We share a lot of similarities in both religion. However we have differences like how we take our religion. the culture is same but the degree of belief may differ. I thinks we should discuss more about this when we meet behind the stage. Host: dangdangdang! It the power reverse section! Reuven you can ask the female guest a question to decided who you want to date. Your call. Reuven: Do you practice your religion? Malkie: although we live in a modern American world, but we should not forget our religion, i practice it in daily life. And i am looking forward to be a friend with you to get start to know you. I do believe in hasidism, but women are separate when the practice, even i really want to participated, but it’s not allowed. We would sit up on the top level of the room, cover up by the wigs (class discussion, hasidic orthodoxy). my religion is important and the practice differs from your belief and how you practice it. i believe God gave Torah and not inspiration. we can find common ground Kaddish: i just like the way i lived in culture without necessarily be a religious person. It would make me comfortable by just around the Jews. Not feeling i was the last one. It’s my Jewish identity. Host : reuven who would you choose? Malkie, hasidic girl believe in the two systems complementing each other? Or kaddish, an andhow you unaffiliated Jew who has no faith in Judaism? Give me an answer. Reuven: malkie and i have more similarities between us. Modern orthodoxy can work with the hasidic orthodoxy. Although we different believe in Torah. I believed in Torah was written by man and inspired by god. But you believe in Torah was given by God. That was what I learned from my best friend’s father, it makes us almost no friend at all because of the conversation with him.. But we both proud of being a Jew. (And wish to succeed in US(class discussion, the chosen). I chose Malkie as the ONE. Reuven finally took Malkie’s hand and left the stage. Match done. Work Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Are_the_One_(game_show). Accessed 18 Octobor 2014 Read More