01x01 - Episode 1

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I'm Avraham Dov Greenbaum,

I'm 39, father of seven
with hope for more,

editor of the newspaper
HaDerech (The Path).

Today, thank God, we're opening
our new editorial office.

We'll be honored by the presence
of Minister of the Interior Rabbi Aryeh Deri.

The newspaper's spiritual chairman,

what we call "the auditor," member of
the Torah Sages Council Rabbi Maya,

will put up the Mezuzahs.

"...who sanctified us and commanded us
to affix the Mezuzah."

Amen. -Amen.

Bless God.

In the world, print is dead.

In the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) sector,
print is alive and kicking.

Thank God.

I derive great satisfaction

from knowing I'll never be concerned
by what's written in the paper,

not in terms of politics,
or the news,

or what's happening in our sector.

That means you can rest assured

that business is going well.

The Haredi press isn't
the watchdog of democracy.

We won't attack public servants,
we won't look for damning stories.

We won't attack our own.

But if it's Yair Lapid (the opposition)?
-Then yes.

May God give you a lot of help...

Amen.
-May this newspaper sanctify God's name...

Amen. -And I hope it brings us
22 parliament seats.

Is 22 enough or do you want more?

It's not a political newspaper...

Are you objective?

We're objective,
but in favor of our side.

Gentlemen, friends,

The Daily Talmud Page, Thursday,
Iyar 18, 5779,

Lag BaOmer 5779,

Tractate Bechorot, page 36,
you're listening to Radio Kol Chai.

This is the unique radio station

that, with God's great help,
brings you, every morning,

the word of God.

Lag BaOmer is this week

so our lead story
is about Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai,

about the pilgrimage to Mt. Meron,

"Crowds of Jews from Israel and abroad
take part in the memorial celebration..."

Did anything else important
happen this week?

This is the winner?

Kobi...

Merimi.

"He represented us honorably
but ended in tears."

Why should we care?

What's the big deal?

We don't deal with these things.

This isn't our culture.

We have our own culture:

the Torah, our tradition,

our sages, our rabbis.

We publish what the Haredi public
wants to read

and should read.

Oh, it came in? Excellent.

I think it's okay.
-Okay, pull up the rabbis,

all the...

in alphabetical order.

We have four pages of rabbis.

Do three rabbis fit into page ten?
-Yes.

Is that okay?
-Yes.

We don't write about violence.

We don't let it in.

We don't write about crime.

It's inappropriate.

We don't write about sports.

It's irrelevant.

About culture...

That doesn't fly.

We don't write about entertainment.

Who talks about movies and TV?

All these things don't exist for us.

If the whole world has
"the public's right to know,"

we have
"the public's right not to know."

Both the rabbis and the...?

Nice.

That's the story.

Take a look at
the story of the week

in the Haredi sector, okay?

"Memorial gathering
marking six years

"since the passing of
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef,"

"memorial service and revival
in honor of Rebbitzen Shmueli."

Look at that beautiful front page.

Rabbi Shalom reading
from the Torah.

What a picture.

Now, that's serious.

Here we have the "Motherhood" supplement,

a magazine for women.

It has articles on things
they're interested in,

family, children,

the culinary arts.

"Setting the Table,"
everything women are interested in.

What doesn't it have?

It doesn't have...

pictures of women.

No pictures of women.

Because we don't have pictures of women
anywhere in the paper

and they don't mind.

You'll be stifled,
locked in all day,

you won't be able to breathe.

Run for your life!

It's irresponsible too.

You won't be able to breathe.
-Locked in the house all day.

Mark my words.
-Listen to me.

You can forget being an actress,
they won't let you, those...

rabbis.

Good evening, lovely ladies.
-Hello. -Good evening.

Shifi Haritan, the Behadrei Haredim website.
-Nice to meet you.

Can I take a selfie?
-Of course.

Hold on.

Here we go...

Where are we?
-Don't worry, I see you.

I'm Shifi Haritan,

mother of three,

I live in the Haredi city, Elad,

and I've worked in the media
just over ten years.

100% Haredi.

Did a council of Rebbitzens allow this?
Did any see the play?

First of all, we have a rabbi
we consult.

Everything has the rabbi's approval.
-Even the music.

And we made sure the gestures
we make are normal gestures,

we don't dance or sing
or anything too extreme.

As formerly secular women

doesn't it bother you that a man
makes all your decisions now?

It's not about us.

Before I became religious
the main reason I wanted to be an actress

was so people would look at me.

See me, recognize me.
-Right.

Now that's down to 10%
and 90% is God. -I see.

Totally.

"Air It Out."

"When courageous women
turn tragedy into comedy."

I went to cover a play.

The best thing I could do

would be to take one scene,
the best punchline,

put it in the item, show people,
and that's that. Covered all bases.

But I can't.

I need a picture for the article,

so if you don't mind,
turn around

so it'll be modest.

Gal, you go to your right
and Keren, to your left.

A little further.

That's it.

A little further.

There. Perfect.

Got it.

One of the most important
principles for the ultra orthodox

is "guarding one's eyes."

A man shouldn't...

He shouldn't look at a woman
unless he has a good reason to.

There are no pictures of women
on a Haredi website.

You'll never find an item
with a picture of a woman.

So it calls for creativity.

Instead of pictures of women
I use a lot of...

flowers.

Lots of photos of nature,

a dense forest and a bench.

Lots of photos of products.

If a baby is involved

I'll use someone's hand
and a baby's foot.

A women's hand or a man's hand?

There are a lot of subtle differences.

So what will I show?

Silhouettes.

I use them for everything,

for drama, for a laugh,
for joy, for a party,

for sexual harassment,

wherever I need a little human touch.

Because when I want to write
that a woman experienced violence

I can use a silhouette of a woman
holding onto bars desperately

and no one will know
if it's a man or a woman.

Actually, as a woman,
it kind of bothers me.

Itzik.

Itzik.

Itzik, I need a picture
of Rabbi Shalom from this week,

a recent photo. Thanks.

Alright.

What do you want to add?

Put in a picture of Rabbi Shalom.

Rabbi Shalom issued a powerful statement this week
against technology, against the internet.

"At the push of a button you're liable
to fall into the most horrible places."

As a conservative newspaper
we work year round

warning against the
dangers of technology.

We have a column called
"Wall of Gold."

It features quotes
from the great rabbis

on the dangers of the internet
and of technology.

Here, Rabbi David Hai Abuhatzeira says:

This is our generation's
biggest problem.

Technology is spreading
like wildfire

and almost every family gets burned.

You could call it a brainwash

but it's a healthy,
necessary brainwash.

All the information I have from Shas,

I'll tell HQ to tweet it
and I'll re-tweet it.

At HQ, tweet the last tweet
on Degel HaTorah.

I'm Israel Cohen,

I'm 37, I live in Bnei Brak,

I write for a Haredi website

and I'm also a political commentator.

We're on the internet
and we report about everything.

I want to deal with
the Haredi public's problems

which the mainstream Haredi media
don't address,

how to deal with dropout youth...

divorcees, single-parent families.

Reports on what's happening
behind the scenes, among Hassidic sects,

which regular newspapers
won't mention.

If there's criticism of politicians,

they'll be criticized.

Where do the Haredi websites
draw the line?

The websites won't come out
against the rabbis,

they'll show respect to
the rabbinic leadership,

but we're part of a revolution
and sometimes we'll publish unpleasant things.

The internet era is a new era

and you write the rules
as you go.

I'm on my smartphone 24/6.

It's my third hand.

I mainly use WhatsApp,
Twitter and Telegram.

I have about 70 active
WhatsApp groups.

I get information
and cross-reference it.

Uh-oh, my wife wants me home.

Hold on, there's a sh**ting
in New Jersey

and Haredis are involved.

Goldie, I'll be home soon,
there's been an incident in the US...

How did news travel among
the Haredi public in the past?

"Mikveh news,"

on Fridays men go to the Mikveh
(ritual bathhouse),

one guy immerses, comes out,

another is soaping up,
and the other says:

"Did you hear?
Such-and-such has cancer,"

the other one says:
"Such-and-such has a daughter who limps,

"she needs to get married,"
and that's how information was passed on.

WhatsApp groups replaced
the "Mikveh news"

with instantaneous
and not always accurate news,

a lot of gossip

and maybe a little slander.

Your mind is always
on the news, the "Nayess."

Give me a piece of kugel...

And when you're eating cholent
with friends

and someone lets a word slips,
you put it together

with what someone else said
that morning

and you cross-reference the facts.

Here, "Exclusive: The Gur Rebbe
is coming to perform a wedding,"

which is unusual.

Do you have a source
at the wedding now?

You know anyone at the wedding?

Do the "Shas" thing.
Perfect.

Go, Shas. Thanks.

How's it going?

You want a story? A status?

Want me to post a status?

No, don't.

Want to do a story
for the viewers?

What's a story?

C'mere, let's do... something.

Is a story a selfie?

A story is a selfie.

Mr. Minister, I'd like to do
a video with you,

I'll ask you what you think
about the elections,

it'll be fun.

May I?
-Sure.

Yes?

Yitzhak Vaknin, we were raised on you.

Here with us is Minister of Religious Affairs
Rabbi Yitzhak Vaknin.

What do we have to do
to get into the next government?

I didn't quite get you...

I'm Shlomi Cohen, a press and paparazzi
photographer for the Haredi sector.

I've gaing quite a senior status,
six years now,

I've always liked the sound of the shutter...

You know that sound?

I always saw this
at press conferences

with the prime minister and so on...

I'll do it fast,

you'll hear what I mean.

Cheers. -Cheers.
-To the single life.

I share an apartment
in Jerusalem

with friends from my yeshiva.

We all study at
the Path of God Yeshiva

which combines Torah with work.

I start my day...

at least I try,

to start with some Torah study,

as they say, "What could be sweeter
than a page of Talmud

"or a commentary by Tosefot..."
or Rambam, I don't remember,

but anyway...

I go to events,
pump everyone up

and post a story.

I love to film, to film myself,

in cool places overseas, too.

Thousands of people
see it every day

and they love it.

We need 13 mandates to make everything
"God is one and His name is one."

Thank God.
-We're concerned with holiness...

Good luck, Mr. Minister.

Thank you.

"The Minister of Religious Affairs
in an exclusive interview to my viewers

"about his major efforts."

Tell me, Shimon, for real,

what kind of photo
will make the front page?

Rabbi Shalom Cohen...
-Right.

When he bursts into tears,

a picture that shows...
-His pain.

The intensity of his pain.

I'm excited.

It's our honor and pleasure

to welcome the chairman
of our international movement,

Rabbi Aryeh Deri, if you please.

Gentlemen,

this time we're going into battle
for the God's sake.

For the sake of the Sabbath.

For the sake of Kosher food.

Most of the nation wants Judaism,
most of the nation wants Jewish weddings.

I grew up in a classic Haredi home,
my brothers study Torah full-time,

my sisters married very important
Torah scholars

and they have Torah homes

but I can't sit there studying Torah
12 hours a day.

It's too hard,

I'm too hyperactive

and restless to sit there and study.

Stay on the path!

Don't stray!

I studied in yeshiva

but I didn't get along
with the supervisor.

And even those who stray
will realize...

I always loved taking pictures

but cameras were forbidden
in the yeshiva.

I can't stand forbidding.

I loved photography
so I'd bring cameras with me

and hide them.

Excuse me.

I'd take pictures of rabbis
through the cracks,

or of the supervisor.

Once the flash went off
and he saw it

and he confiscated my camera.

Excuse me.
-Civil marriage?

Buses on Shabbat?
Commerce on Shabbat?

At lunch break in yeshiva
I was dying to know what was happening outside.

What's happening?

I'd jump the yeshiva fence

and go to a cellphone store.

Dear brothers, millions of children
are studying evolution

and learning to deny the Creator...

For 50 minutes I'd look at smartphones,

watch TV series...

The Torah is the soul of the world!

Besides the cellphone store
I took pictures

at circumcision ceremonies
with Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.

He was the holiest man.

I'd go around everyone,
sit in the front row

and listen to Rabbi Ovadia.

That was really something,

capturing him holding the baby

and telling the father:
"Take the baby."

I'd run away,
go to the cellphone store,

go to Rabbi Ovadia and then
back to the yeshiva. I did it all.

And now, gentlemen,

let's welcome...
-Let me get by.

The yeshiva master...

Excuse me.
-The High Priest of our generation,

Rabbi Shalom Cohen,
may he live long!

Everyone stand up and cheer!

Today I have the honor
of photographing

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's successor,

Rabbi Shalom Cohen.

Every time I take his picture
it's a new thrill.

Maimonides writes of the tribe of Levi

that they don't have to work.

God wants you to drop everything
and study Torah.

Why? I always...

Here...

I wonder,

shouldn't we cry over the fact

that God is sad?

Look at this.

When he's...

breaking down in tears.

Excuse me, excuse me. Move.

Rabbi, will you bless me?

To find a wife.

May you have good eyesight.

God willing. That's all that counts.

A good match.

Thank you, Rabbi.

"The King Breaks Down in Tears."

That's good, the readers will love it.

You have two lines
and put him here.

Okay?

Okay? -Okay. It's the b*mb.

It's the b*mb.

As Passover approaches
we went out to see

how Haredi subcontractors are doing

who need money
for their holiday needs

but nobody thinks about the fact
that they have big families

and Passover is coming
and they're still considered subcontractors.

Are things different
for those who keep kosher strictly

and buy expensive matzos

and for the average Israeli family?

Also the price of public transportation
which will be reduced next week...

Yehiel Lasry will win

the mayoral elections
in Ashdod once again.

All this in our news report.

Chief programmer, Estie Peled,
producer, Shlomo Pollack,

technician, Ze'ev Segal

and in the studio, Avi Mimran.

Text Minister Deri now.

It takes a while to dial.

Hello and good evening.

90% of religious Israelis

state that there is discrimination
against religious and Haredi Jews in Israel,

as opposed to 63% of secular Jews.

I'm Avi Mimran, I'm 40,

born in Jerusalem,
father of five,

a media man body and soul

and I'm the anchorman
of Radio Kol Chai.

Minister Rabbi Aryeh Deri,
good evening.

Hello. Good evening to all.

I want to ask you,

how is it that the only party that represents
the victims of this discrimination,

which is Shas, let's be honest,

isn't able, at least currently,

to bring this issue
to the top of the agenda?

When I was a boy,

among the Haredi sector,
radio and television were considered

the root of all evil.

But I was obsessed with the media.

I remember listening to the
broadcaster Razi Barkai,

Haim Yavin and other radio
and TV personalities

while the other kids
in my religious school

weren't interested at all.

I wondered how it worked,
who's talking to whom,

how one guy gives it over to the other guy
and there's a field correspondent

and everything sounds alive
and interesting...

How did you hear all those
forbidden things as a Haredi boy?

At very low volume.

Your campaign in the 1990s,
"I accuse..."

You won 17 mandates,
but does it reach the Haredis

who vote for Shas?
-Yes, absolutely,

I'm telling you...

Wow, that's a headline.

Obviously if you'd told my father:

"Your son is going to be
a radio announcer," he'd...

panic.

Then, in the early '90s,
the late '80s,

was the Gulf w*r.

The first one, with the sirens
and the missiles.

Red alert. Red alert.

We ask everyone to now do the drill

we've gone over so many times.

Put your mask on your face,
tighten it properly,

make sure the room is sealed...

And the lives of Haredi families in Jerusalem
and Bnei Brak are in danger.

They don't know what to do.

What are the instructions?
To go into sealed rooms?

All regions, from the north...

Because IDF spokesman
announced them on the radio

and Haredis don't have radios.

Then, since lives were at stake,
the rabbis issued permission

to buy radios.

We kept a radio in a cupboard

and when the siren went off
we opened the cupboard

so we could hear the instructions.

And thousands of Haredi families
bought radios

because of the w*r.

But once the w*r's over,
what do you do with the radio?

Within two years after the Gulf w*r

there were five to ten
Haredi pirate radio stations

and when I started broadcasting on the Haredi
pirate radio stations my family didn't know.

I used an alias.

One name was Avi Segal,

one was Avraham ben Yitzhak.

I didn't tell my friends it was me.

It wasn't anything to brag about.

But gradually, as radio
became more legitimate,

I came out of my shell.

Now I'm babysitting my grandchildren.

Now, that's what

I call helping.

And I study Torah, too.
-Yes, we saw...

All at the same time.
-Good for you.

Minister of the Interior
Rabbi Aryeh Deri, thank you.

People are still unwilling to admit
they listen to radio.

Between you and me,

there are those who listen every day
and know exactly what's happening

but they'll say:
"I happened to hear you

"on the bus yesterday,
the driver turned on the radio

"and I heard you interview someone

"and you should have said..."

There's a story

that yeshiva students were talking about
something they heard on the radio

and the headmaster asked:
"Where did you hear that?"

They said: "On the bus."

He said: "Take all the buses
out of your rooms, this is a yeshiva."

Bibi is afraid of Lapid's upswing
in the polls.

Yes, I know.
-Because the Enlistment Law... Not that?

But if I give the budget
to Kahlon now,

tomorrow he'll... -Dismantle the government?
-Topple the government.

No, they think it's a plot by Rivlin,
Litzman and Gideon Sa'ar.

That's absurd.
-It isn't true?

Didn't Litzman tell you that?

I'm Sari Roth,
I work for the Haredim 10 website,

I'm a political commentator
and Knesset correspondent

which means I'm a muckraker.

Sari, here's the Prime Minister.
-Hello, Sari.

What's the movie about?

What's happening here. Big story.

Good luck.
-Thanks.

Good luck.

Political work is round-the-clock work.

The hours are ridiculous.

In the Knesset last Wednesday

journalists stayed until 3:30 a.m.

That's what the voters decided.

Democracy has a way
of expressing itself.

I admit it, I had to cook for Shabbat
with lots of guests.

I slacked off,

I cooked while listening to
the Knesset Channel

to keep up with
what was happening

but I also got calls from politicians
complaining about Lieberman

and I'm writing it down and washing my hands
and going back to the kitchen and...

I burned two eggplants as a result

but there was nothing I could do...

My family knows that
my work is unpredictable.

I heard that none of the money
was spent. Did you hear that?

I don't...

Don't confirm or deny it.
-Ask the treasurer.

Tessler steps down and Eichler stays.
Does Tessler agree to that?

He signed.

Does he agree to it?

Eichler won't step down,
that's for sure.

I publicize lots of things that politicians
don't want publicized.

What should I wish him, Rabbi Gafni?

I've reported on conflicts
within the Torah Judaism party,

even between rabbinic sects,

I don't work for any politician,

I work for God.

Being a Haredi journalist,
a woman, is hard work.

A male Haredi journalist
puts a camera in a politician' face,

follows him around, takes his picture,
and he has an item.

I won't push my way into a crowd of men,
it's inappropriate.

I have to find a place on the sidelines.

This is Shas's improvised
women's section.

It's much harder for me
to come up with items

but with me, the "Haredi" part comes first.

That means, if something
goes against my religion,

my religious beliefs,
my Haredi ethos,

it comes before my journalistic work.

For instance, we Haredis
have a rule,

you mustn't snitch on someone
so that he goes to jail.

If I have an item where I saw an MK
commit a crime,

I'll ask my rabbi
whether I can publish it

and it's happened before,
I've dropped items for that reason.

Tell me what he tells you.
Interesting.

I consider it sacred.

It's just as sacred as my rabbi saying:

"Vote for the Torah Judaism party."
It doesn't matter who the candidate is.

It could be a cat.

Not Litzman, not Gafni,
if two cats are running,

I, Sari Roth, political correspondent
for the Haredim 10 website,

will vote for the Torah Judaism party

because I was told to by my rabbi
whom I believe in, heart and mind.

And that's that.

Hello.

We're doing an item on the upcoming
elections, can I interview you?

I'm in a big hurry...
-Okay, thanks.

Kosher game consoles.

It's starting to be like
certificates for food.

Maybe I'll do an item on it.

Hey.

I'm Mendy Gruzman, I'm 31,

I grew up in Kfar Chabad
and Belarus,

we were Chabad emissaries there,
my parents, myself and my siblings.

I now live in Ramat Gan
with a housemate, Moshe.

Good morning, Bitan.
-Good morning, Gruzman.

I work at the Kan Moreshet
radio station.

It's the third of Heshvan...

I do the morning show
"Mendy Bitan" with Eli Bitan

and I'm also a programmer.

Today is Chinese Singles Day.

Chinese singles?

We have single men in Bnei Brak.
-Us.

Yitzhak.

Mendy. -What're you doing here?
-Hello there.

Who're your friends?

People ask me:
"Why do you work in the media?"

I say: "I didn't learn a profession

"and I wasn't the most diligent student
in the yeshiva,

"all I did throughout my youth,

"my formative years,
my adolescent years,

"was sit and talk."

No, no, no.
-No?

C'mon, lots of people...

Historically, Degel HaTorah was for...

We didn't need sports

or soccer or movies or internet...

That's bullshit...
-They aren't...

We'd steal Wi-Fi from our neighbors
here and there

but it wasn't the main thing.

Yeshiva slackers' favorite thing to do

was to talk. About what?
Anything.

That was my specialty.
Talking about stuff.

I like to get out and talk to people

and see what's really going on.

And I bring what I find
to the radio show.

Were you at the demonstration yesterday?
-Of course.

There are disagreements within the...
-The rabbis disagreed...

We only talk about
what people in the street are talking about,

not some Shabbat meal
or wedding celebration

or semi-official event.

Were the guys waiting
for some action?

The guys came home happy,
they got beaten well...

The things guys talk about

in synagogue

or while the rabbi is talking.

If you aren't happy with
the Torah Judaism party

is Shas an option?

I don't base my vote on what I want,
I base it on what the great rabbis say.

Our "great rabbis"
that we listen to

are Rabbi Gershon Edelstein
and Rabbi Haim Kanievsky.

The difference between us
and the other Haredi media

is that we're less answerable

to some council of rabbis

and you can't threaten us
because we're a public station.

Do you think the sainted Rabbi Auerbach

deviated from tradition
and did something unworthy?

I think he made a mistake.

We're only answerable
to the audience

and the audience
decides what we do.

Find me some people.

There should be some around.
-Here they are.

We're at the Ponivezh Yeshiva
with an interesting story.

It's one of the most prestigious
yeshivas in the Haredi world.

Rabbi, can I have a word with you?

I have a class now.
-"And he returned to his study."

Many years ago there was a dispute
among the yeshiva leaders

and the yeshiva split in two.

One side was called
the t*rrorists...

Which side are you on?
-The t*rrorists.

The other was called the Haters.

Where are the Haters?
-That way.

Can anyone talk to me?

Are you Mendy Gruzman?
-Yes.

Go in here and interview them.

What is this, the dorms?
-Yeah.

Hello.

Can I talk to you?
-Sure.

This is the Kasbah.

For real.
-No, not for real.

Are you t*rrorists or Haters?

Haters.
-Haters.

Really? You look like t*rrorists.

We're the Hassidic Kasbah.

Where do you get your news?

Newspapers,

Haredi newspapers.
Here, Yated Ne'eman.

And Haredi radio?
-No. -No.

Are you Mendy?
-I'm Mendy.

You were a big Hater.

You hate Gur (a Hassidic sect).

Get over here!

Get over here, now!

Yeshiva boys,
I can't explain it,

they talk like the Talmud,

no matter what it's about...

You didn't hear about Gur.
-Yes we did.

You mean the Mendy Bitan program
about Gur? -Yeah.

I didn't hear it, there were a few...

two or three shows.

I heard one.

It sounded like you...

were encouraging...

So you do listen to radio!

Okay.

Good for you.

Pinch his cheeks.

Don't mess up his makeup.

Look at him.

Mom, look at your son.

Kiss him and smoosh his face.

No hands, smoosh his face hard.

Smoosh him.

Very nice.

Look at Mom and Dad.

Today, God willing,
is his Bar Mitzvah.

Moishy is turning 13 today.

Everyone do a "congratulations"
with your hands. Congratulations!

It's a very festive family occasion

because although he isn't our eldest son

it's the first Bar Mitzvah
we're celebrating.

Itzik, let's straighten your tie.

For Itzik, our eldest son,
who has low-functioning autism,

we had a family celebration
when he turned 13

but it wasn't really a Bar Mitzvah because Itzik
isn't obliged to perform the Commandments.

A standard Haredi family
that had a child with special needs

would be ashamed.

They called them "balcony kids,"
they shouldn't go out or be seen,

it could be hereditary and then his siblings
would have trouble finding a mate.

Now a kiss. Kiss.

We put Itzik in a picture window

and I take advantage of my position
as a media personality

to advance special education
in the Haredi sector

by placing him in the front
and seeing to his needs.

Three, four, now everyone.

Mazel Tov!

A Haredi Bar Mitzvah
has several unwritten rules

that everyone follows.

When will everyone come?

First of all,
if the invitation is for 7:30...

I'm here before the waiters.
-You know how it is.

But the event begins an hour
or an hour and a half late.

First thing, evening prayers.

Then you begin.

There's a singer.

There's a keyboardist, of course.

And there are the schnorrers,
the beggars,

you'll see them at every event.

Uh-oh, I don't have any money on me,
it's my event...

I heard it was a rich folks' wedding.

Try to scrape some money together.

This is Rabbi Rubenstein,

mayor of Bnei Brak.

Here, it's a book about courage.

Thank you.

The Bar Mitzvah gift
is usually a book

because when you go home
you fill a bookcase.

When the Bar Mitzvah boy gets married
he'll take the bookcase with him.

May he grow up to be a great Torah scholar.
-Amen!

May he have your voice
and your mind,

but for Torah.
-Only for Torah.

We invited important dignitaries
to celebrate with us.

You'll see the Deputy Minister
of the Interior, Meshulam Nahari from Shas,

the Deputy Minister of the Treasury,
Yitzhak Cohen.

Sit at the Shas table,
it'll gradually fill up.

The Deputy Minister of Health,
Rabbi Yaakov Litzman.

Bibi won't step down?

And of course, the Chief Rabbi
of Israel, Rabbi David Lau.

The Rabbi made a great effort to be here
and we really appreciate it.

Minister of the Interior Rabbi Aryeh Deri.

Moishy, sit next to him.

Cheers.
-To Shas.

Amen, amen, amen, amen.

With the honor of blessing
the Bar Mitzvah boy,

the great genius,
member of the Council of Torah Sages,

the great genius
Rabbi David Yosef, if you please.

Gentlemen.

Our Bar Mitzvah boy,

you've had the privilege
of growing up with a father

who's very good at talking.

Whenever I listen to your father,

I hear a perspective...
-It doesn't happen often.

Yes, it's rare,
-Sometimes.

On the bus.
-It's true,

it doesn't happen often.

They shouldn't think it happens every day.
-When I'm driving to a lesson...

On the bus.
-I listen.

No other time, of course.

And when I listen

I hear a true Torah-based,
God-fearing perspective.

He speaks his truth.
Our truth.

The truth of our holy Torah.

God willing you'll grow
higher and higher

and you'll have a mouth
like your father's,

you'll know how to answer
questions properly,

a mouth that speaks Torah
and fear of God, amen.

We invited many politicians

from both Shas
and the Torah Judaism party,

Haredi mayors,

Haredi deputy mayors,

which is a big honor for us

and also helps maintain
our relationship

which isn't just a media relationship,

it's also a friendship.

Ethically speaking, when politicians
and media people celebrate together,

isn't it a bit...
-There are no ethics in the Haredi media.

Knowingly, intentionally,
willingly and eagerly.

We're Haredis.

I'm just as Haredi as
Chairman Gafni.

Our goals are the same.

My struggles and Deri's are the same.

There's no conflict between us.

There are no rules of ethics.

That's the whole story
and I'm not ashamed to say it.

Here, I'm saying it.

Hello, this is Efrat Finkel,

I'm researching the topic of discrimination
against Sephardi girls in seminaries.

I could tell you things

you won't hear anywhere else
and you won't believe your ears.

On today's show we'll discuss
certain internal Haredi matters

and bring them to light.

The Ministry of Education
encourages discrimination.

When I spoke about regional enrollment
I was pressured, even threatened.

By whom?
-As long as the Torah Judaism party

is in the coalition,
it won't pass.

I started working on a report

about how things work
in rabbis' homes.

These things scare me.

It could easily get out of hand.

I can't see who's on the podium.