Their approach is to go into the texts and make you think. They say that they give all their subjects a critical look, but they're not attacking, just giving the story a fresh, modern look.
The series ran for three seasons on Israeli TV, all in Hebrew. Some of the half-hour episodes were divided into video clips and published on YouTube with English subtitles. We found a few new ones and we'll continue to share them with you. Today we're posting a parody that imagines a conversation between Abraham and a character based on the Seinfeld TV show.
In the clip (in Hebrew with English subtitles) Abraham tells an idol worshipper that he has an idea about starting a new religion about nothing, a nod to the oft-quoted comment by Jerry Seinfeld that his show is a show about nothing.
The idol worshipper venerates the goddess Ashtoret (also known as Astarte and Ishtar) but is open to following Abraham in his new religion until he hears that joining the religion requires him to "cut the tip of the thingy" and decides that he'll stay with Ashtoret.
This video clip, like all the others in the series, may offend some readers who are not open to satirical interpretations of the scriptures and satirical views of Jewish life through the ages, but we believe that there's a place for humor everywhere and we hope you'll find the satire amusing.
Enjoy!
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Horrible. Represents the Left, anti-Jewish , anti-Israeli community. We hate the program and will not allow any of our children watch this crap
ReplyDeleteIt is a satire on a bit from the Seinfeld show, nothing more. It was funny up until the end about cutting the "thingy." That was in poor taste. But just because someone may be left in their thinking does NOT automatically mean they are anti-Jewish or anti-Israel. That is a generalization.
DeleteThis is terrible.
ReplyDeleteGreat comedy. Wonderful acting.
ReplyDeleteDisgusting/disgraceful
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