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Kärlek Och Livsval På Jiddisch TV-SERIER UNORTHODOX OCH SHTISEL PRODUKTION NETFLIX Kärlek och livsval på jiddisch Pltsligt märker jag att studenter Akiva däremot, anlitar en äktenskapsmäklare i klassrumsdiskussioner titt som som freslår olika lämpliga fickor. Problemet är att han egentligen har frälskat sig i den tätt refererar till livet som haredi något äldre Elisheva som redan två gånger (ultraortodox jude). Självklart har blivit änka. Det innebär att hon enligt halachan betraktas som en ishah katlanit (”ddlig talar de om yeshiva, cheder, an- kvinna”). Män avråds från att gifta sig med ständig klädsel och arrangerade sådana kvinnor fr att de inte ska riskera att gå äktenskap. Frklaringen var enkel. samma de till mtes som hennes frsta två män. Både Esty och Akiva frsker också tänja på Serien Unorthodox hade brjat ramarna fr vilket liv som anses lämpligt fr visas på Netfix. dem. Esty smyger i hemlighet iväg till bibliote- ket och lånar bcker som hon gmmer under Båda serierna De båda TV-serierna Unorthodox och Shtisel madrassen och läser i smyg. Akiva älskar att har fr många inneburit helt nya inblickar i hur teckna och får så småningom jobb hos en känd kan utan denna typ av judiskt liv kan te sig. konstnär som inte hinner producera tavlor så tvekan ge Unorthodox är en tysk/amerikansk produktion snabbt som de säljs. Istället får Akiva och andra som handlar om den unga fickan Esty som växer okända konstnärer måla tavlorna som han sedan inblickar i en upp inom satmarrrelsen i New York. Serien är bara signerar. livsstil som de delvis baserad på Deborah Feldmans självbiogra- Men det fnns också stora skillnader. Ram- fska roman med samma namn. Den är i sin tur berättelsen i Unorthodox handlar om hur Esty festa elever en av en stor mängd romaner på detta tema som kommer att lämna den milj hon har vuxit upp aldrig kommer har kommit under det senaste decenniet, som i. Hon tar sparade pengar och fyr till Berlin där att komma i alla handlar om hur frfattaren valt att lämna det hennes mor fnns, som redan tidigare har lämnat ultraortodoxa livet. satmarmiljn och nu lever ihop med en kvinna. kontakt med, Shtisel, i sin tur, är en israelisk serie som I miniserien utspelas handlingen framfr allt i och fr att ge handlar om en ultraortodox familj i Jerusalem, Berlin, med tillbakablickar från Estys tidigare och främst om den vuxne sonen Akiva som ännu liv och varfr hon lämnade det. Genren ”person inspiration inte är gift och hans skande efter kärleken och som lämnar religis milj” gr nästan med fr att lära sig en plats i vuxenlivet. ndvändighet att man betonar det negativa och Det fnns vissa likheter mellan teman som begränsande med den religisa miljn, det som mer om olika kommer upp i de båda serierna. Ett sådant gr att personen sker sig en annan tillvaro. I strmningar är vikten av att gifta sig och bilda familj och Shtisel däremot, handlar berättelsen om problem inom juden­ de många regler som kringgärdar kärlek och och vägval som de festa människor kämpar med: dejtande i den ultraortodoxa världen. I Estys fall vem ska man gifta sig med, vad ska man arbeta domen. är det frågan om ett äktenskap som arrangeras med, hur ska det gå fr barnen, vem ska ta hand av hennes familj. Hon och hennes blivande man om gamla mamma? Här utgr religionen bara träfas frst i familjens sällskap, sedan ensamma bakgrunden till dessa teman. i ett rum med drren ppen. Även efter att de Just dessa allmänmänskliga frågor mot religis gift sig fortsätter familjen att ha inblick i deras bakgrund har också gjort att Shtisel har fått ett äktenskapliga liv, inte minst när problem uppstår väldigt genomslag i Israel, och har gett även i samlivet. sekulära israeler en ny frståelse av haredisamhäl- 14 | RELIGION & LIVSFRÅGOR let. Manusfrfattarna Yehonatan Indursky och lyssna på sina fräldrar i viktiga livsval? Varfr Ori Elon har också båda haredibakgrund, vilket vill fräldrar gärna råda sina barn, och varfr bidrar till känslan av autenticitet i miljerna och kan det vara lättare att ta emot råd från någon intrigerna. annan är fräldrarna? Även språkfrågan är frstås Boken Unorthodox, som nyligen kom i svensk bekant fr många elever i Sverige idag. Pratar du översättning, är betydligt mer nyanserad i detta olika språk i olika situationer, eller pratar du på avseende än TV-serien med samma namn. I olika sätt med olika personer? Hur påverkar det boken framkommer mer av det som även återges vem du blir? i Shtisel, den starka sammanhållningen i den Kanske kan det också leda till att det som frst religisa miljn, tryggheten, det msesidiga verkar mycket främmande i vissa avseenden kan stttandet och att livet ibland kan bli lättare kännas mer bekant. • • • av valmjligheterna begränsas. I miniserien LENA ROOS Unorthodox är skildringen av satmarlivet i New York och Estys fria liv i Berlin mer svartvitt, och Ultraortodoxa judiska män i sabbatskläder, skådespelarinsatserna inte alltid så imponerande, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. särskilt i Berlinsekvenserna. En intressant aspekt av båda serierna är hur karaktärerna hanterar språk. I Shtisel skiftar personerna mellan hebreiska och jiddisch bero- ende på om de talar till andra inom haredivärl- den (jiddisch) eller med personer utanfr den (hebreiska). Skådespelarna är dock inte själva ursprungligen jiddischtalande utan har fått lära sig jiddisch fr rollen, något som märks på att personer från samma familj talar med olika dialekt, kanske beroende på att de har haft olika språkcoacher. I Unorthodox däremot, spelas fera av rollerna av personer från satmargruppen och de talar den speciella dialekt av jiddisch som är karaktäristisk fr den gruppen. Hur kan man då använda dessa serier (och boken Unorthodox) som lärare? Båda serierna kan utan tvekan ge inblickar i en livsstil som de festa elever aldrig kommer att komma i kontakt med, TV-SERIER och fr att ge inspiration fr att lära sig mer om Unorthodox (2020, miniserie, en säsong) Shtisel (2013–, tre säsonger hittills) olika strmningar inom judendomen. Vissa sce- ner kan också fungera som utgångspunkt fr att BOK diskutera allmänmänskliga frågor: hur ska man Feldman, Deborah. 2012. Unorthodox. Te Scandalous välja vem man ska leva med? Vad är viktigt fr Rejection of My Hasidic Roots, New York: Simon & att ett frhållande ska fungera på kort eller lång Schuster, 254 s. sikt? Hur mycket insyn ska släkt och vänner ha i Unorthodox (svensk versättning), 2020, Stockholm: en familjs angelägenheter? Hur mycket ska man HarperCollins, 309 s. ANTISEMITISM OCH UNDERVISNING 1:2021 | 15 .
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