Chag Purim…er, L’Shana Tovah
Monday, 6 September 2010
Social Media gurus have been touting the use of video as a way of drawing in constituents. And the Jewish world has been listening.
Take a look:
But I cannot help thinking that these videos, while very appropriate for, say…Purim, are less effective at communicating the sanctity of the season.
Is Frume Sarah completely missing something here???
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Update: NFTY and Songleading wunderkind, Jeremy Gimbel, sent the video he produced for his shul. Frume Sarah heartily approves!
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Thank you for your understanding...and gut Shabbos!!! 
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I was wondering what you were thinking about all of this…. 🙂
No, you weren’t. You know I’m a 230 year old dybbuk trapped inside the body of 39 and a half year old. And you know what I think about most everything.
I enjoy a good laugh (and am not above laughing at myself), however, I really don’t find anything funny about Rosh Hashanah. It was just this past Sunday morning (early Sunday morning) that we sang hauntingly beautiful music and were asked to begin the very serious task of deep, reflective, introspection. I don’t remember doing a lot of laughing during the Selichot service. I would be interested to hear the reasoning behind the videos.
Have you seen the video that Congregation Beth Israel of San Diego did?
I think it’s more to the spirit of the season.
http://www.cbisd.org
Jeremy,
Kol HaKavod! You have created a beautiful, meaningful, and seasonally appropriate message. I love it!!! Thanks for sharing it here. I’ll be making a PS to this post and linking to it because it is so in line with what these days are meant to be.
L’shanah Tovah!!!
Where I live there are many who are unaffiliated and many young Jews searching for a good match. The videos don’t capture the spirit of the holidays, but I don’t think they are for those who know, they are to engage others.
For me, that works.
@Jeremy – it’s so amazing to see you grown up, and a professional, and married… In my head, you’re still an 8-year-old ShowBIS kid!