Lindsey and I went to see Uhspizin with the rabbi and rebbetzin today, after eating out at the kosher Indian restaurant here in town (no Chinese food available). I was impressed with the movie's quality and its approach to a sensitive topic. Hasidim are an enigima to many people, even to other Jews. I thought that Uspizin did a wonderful job of explaining what hasidic life is like, with the passion of Beslov hasidism bringing a unique flavor to the film. It is important, in my mind, that the main actor and writer, Shuli Rand, was once an Israeli movie actor and became a baal teshuvah, so he is able to really engage his part. I give this movie a hearty thumbs up!

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