Funny bit about the authors *more then one* behind the art in the Shtisel series:

"Alex Tubis, the real artist behind the genius paintings, had never heard of “Shtisel” when he was brought on for its second season, even though the series had already won wide acclaim in Israel for its first season. When the show’s art director reached out to the Russian-born painter, who now lives in Nes Ziona, south of Tel Aviv, the artist asked whether the gig would be paid — he thought it was a student production."

More:
https://forward.com/culture/467444/meet-the-real-life-akiva-shtisel/

Is Martha Kauffman - one of the Friends writer going to be involved in US production of Shtisell Spinoff ?

"Three years after Shtisel first charmed Israeli television audiences with its humanistic, nuanced take on ultra-Orthodox life, the hit series is now cocked to migrate to America. Last week, Amazon announced its plans to adapt Shtisel for U.S. audiences. The remake will be titled Emmis.

Given that Shtisel is set in Jerusalem's Geula neighborhood, will Emmis converge on Monsey? Borough Park? Wherever it lands, Amazon's version will inevitably be held up to the standard of its Sabra format. That's a high bar indeed: Over the course of two 12-episode seasons, Shtisel has not only racked up awards, it has also mesmerized both secular and religious communities alike. The YES Satellite Network series has even provided a social link, giving non-religious Israelis a sympathetic peek into the quotidian stirrings of their often resented, pious co-nationalists, and pulling back the curtain on sensitive if not downright taboo subjects for the Haredim.

(....)

Just as Shtisel appeals to a broad swath of Israeli viewers, its stateside incarnation will also target a crossover audience. Etan Cohen was tapped to write Amazon's new show. The Maimonides School and Harvard grad came up in an Orthodox Jewish family in Efrat, Israel and Sharon, Massachusetts, and honed his craft in the unhallowed halls of American comedy. With credits spanning the Harvard Lampoon and Beavis and Butt-Head -- as well as Hollywood satires from Tropic Thunder to Men in Black 3 to Get Hard, it's easy to imagine that the gentle, understated qualities that have made Shtisel a critical darling may be translated into a sillier pop culture idiom. Here's hoping that producer Marta Kauffman, co-creator of Friends and Netflix’s Grace and Frankie, will help polish any giddy excesses into a more graceful tone. "
https://www.ujajcc.org/index.php?src=blog&srctype=detail&blogid=4758

Anyone remembers boy with the fish in the second season. It was bit strange. Where it came from and where did it go?

It was pretty obvious that the boy was not real and that it was Akiva's inner child.. but the way they developed this, at first i could not tell where are they going with it,,,

Was he going crazy because conflict wit his father..
Was he suffering from alcoholism caused hallucinations, as clearly he drinks a LOT..
Was this some sort of day dreaming of an artist within..
Was this grief induced trauma exhibiting in a form of a boy waiting for his mother,,
Or simply a young adult who is lost within himself as he can not get his love life resolved, his father relations fell apart and his mom who was so close to him being gone leaves him just very lonely..

Is there a significance to the fact that he takes care of the boy, is very caring towards him, feeds him,, but eventually when he gets lost again in his work and ignores bous attempt to get Akiva's attention .. boys leaves for good..


Or maybe the bou was real and it is us wievers that read too much into this..

I feel. either the writers bite more then they could chew, pelted us with random ideas puting the burden of truth on the beholder,left too many loose ends or simply took me for a ride..

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry! Didn’t mean to come across as mean. I love the FB group. I just cannot answer some of your season 1 and 2 questions anymore as I watched them years ago.

Thank you for clarification. I might have misunderstood your intentions. Apologies.

The show clearly had a minimal budget and resources and does not explore each theme to Kingdom come..
but follow more interesting topics limitong scope out of necessity. That way while is not exausting all themes, it brings a lot different subject matters, mini themes and characters that fade out without giving us all but give us enough though prowoking and emotional processing bits,

Anonymous wrote:Just finished. I have some questions. I hadn’t seen the show before a few weeks ago, so my questions cover all seasons:

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1. What happened to the son wanting to be a singer in a band? He just gave it up bc he heard the story of the other singer who left his family?

2. What happened to the dog the patriarch kept for his grandson so it wasn’t put down?

3. I would have liked to have seen Akiva’s reaction to his dad burning the portrait of the nursing woman. After all, that was what reunited him with his wife/cousin.

4. When the patriarch loaned money to his brother, we never heard what happened. The brother said it would be short term and we know after he asked for half the lottery winnings he said he had nothing. his fiancé broke up with him he said he had nothing.

5. Didn’t you think the money Lippe invested (from naming his baby in exchange for $$) was a scam and yet he did get it back with profit and started the restaurant?

6. I didn’t like how rushami looked at camera when holding baby girl at the end. It broke that wall between us.

7. Odd patriarch seems to want kiva married badly and then does trash every relationship. He insisted his son try to make things work with his new wife and then said they should divorce.

You are correct that there are a lot of different story lines that come and go, never to be explained further. This happens in real life, too. And, I thought, helps in getting to know the characters - loved the story about the brother's band (and yes - shows us his devotion to his family/wife!). About 7 - I completely agree. Their relationship is a mess.

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry! Didn’t mean to come across as mean. I love the FB group. I just cannot answer some of your season 1 and 2 questions anymore as I watched them years ago.

That’s okay- I found the show on this site and now I’m partial to it!!

I’m sorry! Didn’t mean to come across as mean. I love the FB group. I just cannot answer some of your season 1 and 2 questions anymore as I watched them years ago.

Anonymous wrote:YES! This is the place to discuss the show for DCUM community.

YES! This is the place to discuss the show for DCUM community.

Correction:

PP, Don't mind/ Ignore the rude Facebook poster. This is DCUM, not Facebook and sharing link is one thing, being rude, another.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just finished. I have some questions. I hadn’t seen the show before a few weeks ago, so my questions cover all seasons:

Ruchami husband hair curls not long never grow

1. What happened to the son wanting to be a singer in a band? He just gave it up bc he heard the story of the other singer who left his family?

2. What happened to the dog the patriarch kept for his grandson so it wasn’t put down?

3. I would have liked to have seen Akiva’s reaction to his dad burning the portrait of the nursing woman. After all, that was what reunited him with his wife/cousin.

4. When the patriarch loaned money to his brother, we never heard what happened. The brother said it would be short term and we know after he asked for half the lottery winnings he said he had nothing. his fiancé broke up with him he said he had nothing.

5. Didn’t you think the money Lippe invested (from naming his baby in exchange for $$) was a scam and yet he did get it back with profit and started the restaurant?

6. I didn’t like how rushami looked at camera when holding baby girl at the end. It broke that wall between us.

7. Odd patriarch seems to want kiva married badly and then does trash every relationship. He insisted his son try to make things work with his new wife and then said they should divorce.

There is a great group on Facebook called “let’s talk shtisel.” You can probably find your answers in a simple search or post them there.

Thanks - I also thought this was a place to discuss the show.

PP, Don't ignore the rude reply, Those are all good and valid questions and I am sure others will provide
interesting replies.

The Facebook poster should happily return to his Facebook pastures where clearly being unhelpful and rude is his element.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just finished. I have some questions. I hadn’t seen the show before a few weeks ago, so my questions cover all seasons:

Ruchami husband hair curls not long never grow

1. What happened to the son wanting to be a singer in a band? He just gave it up bc he heard the story of the other singer who left his family?

2. What happened to the dog the patriarch kept for his grandson so it wasn’t put down?

3. I would have liked to have seen Akiva’s reaction to his dad burning the portrait of the nursing woman. After all, that was what reunited him with his wife/cousin.

4. When the patriarch loaned money to his brother, we never heard what happened. The brother said it would be short term and we know after he asked for half the lottery winnings he said he had nothing. his fiancé broke up with him he said he had nothing.

5. Didn’t you think the money Lippe invested (from naming his baby in exchange for $$) was a scam and yet he did get it back with profit and started the restaurant?

6. I didn’t like how rushami looked at camera when holding baby girl at the end. It broke that wall between us.

7. Odd patriarch seems to want kiva married badly and then does trash every relationship. He insisted his son try to make things work with his new wife and then said they should divorce.

There is a great group on Facebook called “let’s talk shtisel.” You can probably find your answers in a simple search or post them there.

Thanks - I also thought this was a place to discuss the show.

Anonymous wrote:Just finished. I have some questions. I hadn’t seen the show before a few weeks ago, so my questions cover all seasons:

Ruchami husband hair curls not long never grow

1. What happened to the son wanting to be a singer in a band? He just gave it up bc he heard the story of the other singer who left his family?

2. What happened to the dog the patriarch kept for his grandson so it wasn’t put down?

3. I would have liked to have seen Akiva’s reaction to his dad burning the portrait of the nursing woman. After all, that was what reunited him with his wife/cousin.

4. When the patriarch loaned money to his brother, we never heard what happened. The brother said it would be short term and we know after he asked for half the lottery winnings he said he had nothing. his fiancé broke up with him he said he had nothing.

5. Didn’t you think the money Lippe invested (from naming his baby in exchange for $$) was a scam and yet he did get it back with profit and started the restaurant?

6. I didn’t like how rushami looked at camera when holding baby girl at the end. It broke that wall between us.

7. Odd patriarch seems to want kiva married badly and then does trash every relationship. He insisted his son try to make things work with his new wife and then said they should divorce.

There is a great group on Facebook called “let’s talk shtisel.” You can probably find your answers in a simple search or post them there.

Just finished. I have some questions. I hadn’t seen the show before a few weeks ago, so my questions cover all seasons:

Ruchami husband hair curls not long never grow

1. What happened to the son wanting to be a singer in a band? He just gave it up bc he heard the story of the other singer who left his family?

2. What happened to the dog the patriarch kept for his grandson so it wasn’t put down?

3. I would have liked to have seen Akiva’s reaction to his dad burning the portrait of the nursing woman. After all, that was what reunited him with his wife/cousin.

4. When the patriarch loaned money to his brother, we never heard what happened. The brother said it would be short term and we know after he asked for half the lottery winnings he said he had nothing. his fiancé broke up with him he said he had nothing.

5. Didn’t you think the money Lippe invested (from naming his baby in exchange for $$) was a scam and yet he did get it back with profit and started the restaurant?

6. I didn’t like how rushami looked at camera when holding baby girl at the end. It broke that wall between us.

7. Odd patriarch seems to want kiva married badly and then does trash every relationship. He insisted his son try to make things work with his new wife and then said they should divorce.