Some Concrete Proposals for Protecting U.S. Jewry
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November 10, 2023
An Ex-Hasid Plays the Founder of Hasidism in a Movie about the Ukrainian Robin Hood
Dovbush.
Released in Ukraine this summer, the film Dovbush has as its title character a semi-legendary, Robin Hood-like figure who lived in 18th-century Ukraine. The film, apparently drawing on Jewish legends, portrays Dovbush encountering Israel ben Eliezer—the founder of Hasidism, known as the Ba’al Shem Tov (“good master of the Name”) or Besht—a contemporary of Dovbush who lived in the same area of Ukraine. The Ba’al Shem Tov is played by Luzer Twersky, an actor and former Hasid who often plays religious Jewish characters. Jon Kalish writes:
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An Ex-Hasid Plays the Founder of Hasidism in a Movie about the Ukrainian Robin Hood
Dovbush.