I was born in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn in 1985 (or 5745, give or take a few billion) at Maimonides Hospital, which is why I distrust anything Maimonides. My parents are Hasidic Jews, and so are my eleven siblings. Considering that I never went to high school or college and English isn't my first language, this would be a good time for you to lower your expectations and give me and my grammar a fucking break.
In exchange for money, I will act in your film, TV show, or web series. I can also help your project with Hasidic wardrobe and props. Please note: I do not have access to sheets with holes.
I live in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn with my ashtray.
Serious inquirers can contact me at contact@luzertwersky.net. Frivolous non-inquirers and haters are also free to contact me at the above address, but are asked to include "spam" in the subject line.
Heard your story on the NPR program "unfictional" last week, very moving piece (if you didn't know about the NPR thing, that might explain any spike in interest you may have suddenly experienced).
ReplyDeleteRegardless of any issues people may have with you personally, I hope everyone can separate the specific issues with Luzer from the core "Everyman" story that was presented - a tale of someone who breaks away from a life they were forced into in favor of the life they WANT.
In fact the whole story comes down to the last line, "choice makes all the difference." It's not about Luzer's dating or where he got money from or whether or not you like him personally, it's about a young man's effort to live not the life he is born into, but the life he CHOOSES.
All that being said, I do have one burning question: from what I understand, you still wear the beard and curls. This means the vast majority of people you meet, or even just the ones who glimpse you from afar, will all assume you STILL ARE HASSIDIC!!
Why on earth would you still want to be so strongly identified with the life you fought so hard to leave behind? This one fact does kind of shudder the foundation of your entire story. It is difficult to reconcile the sincerity of your struggle to leave the Hassidic life when you continue to look the part.
You said it "gives you an edge," or advantage, or something like that. What do you mean, exactly? Do chicks find it fascinating? Do the curls get you laid?
I just can't imagine the mind-fuck of desperately fighting to leave the hassidic life behind when you see one every time you look in the mirror.
Or is it a deep-rooted sign that you AREN'T ready to let that life completely fade away?
Heavy stuff, man!
Mojo
luzer, part of you will always be hasidic, but the movement has degenerated over time. keep the good parts and get rid of the bad, and look for the good in what is around you. cling to that and you will be ok. You are doing what our father abraham did, you are leaving your home and people and going out into the world. I prefer the original values that the Baal Shem taught, and he smoked and dressed like a peasant. Remember what is G-d, but Ayin, no-thing, that which is beyond comprehension. I actually prefer the kabbala to the torah and talmud. How do we know that G-d didn't cause the big bang and is the driving force behind evolution itself? you can be a true hasid without being in the community. Hasidus is simply devekus, clinging to what is holy and doing the right thing. Take what is good in the goyishe velt and weave it into your life. be kind to others and treat them justly as equals, and ha'shem will bless you. Remember ha'shem is everywhere and in everything. love is the only thing worth doing and being. also in russia hasidim had humor, and would tuck their beards into their shirts and ride backwards on their horses by the rebbe's house pretending to be goyim, and would do summersaults in the streets. try to see the image of G-d in all things and hallow them. ruach ha'kodesh can enter into anyone who allows him in. Even if you shaved and dressed like a cossack you would still be a hasid, as hasid refers to your relation to G-d, and each person's relation to G-d and their path to G-d is utterly unique. Boruch ha'shem chaver, and shalom aleichem!
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