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Hipster Who Needed a Light

The life of a penniless hipster turns out for the better after his friend picks up a free handout in the shopping mall. A powerful short film by Menachem Katz. Video

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December 13, 2012 12:55 pm

This is so vividly true. Each night I light, I feel like I’m in my childhood home with my siblings from childhood. That was many life journeys ago, and a time before we all lost touch with one another. So poignant, it moved me to tears. Exceptionally talented filmmaker with a great potential.

very emotional
December 13, 2012 1:28 am

wow im literally crying.

very nice
December 13, 2012 1:13 am

looks great, mendel

770 friend
December 13, 2012 12:31 am

great video hopefully it will wake up people .. we need to do mivtzayim in our family inreach in ourdays more important than to go travel all the world .. we can help to bring a neshama back to Torah v’Mitzvos in our own community without again accross the country. An another comment, let’s repare what our rabbis did our kids in our yeshivos!!! anyway beautiful video!!! please DK post more videos…

GO MENDEL!
December 12, 2012 11:23 pm

Ok, I won’t use any more caps or exclamation marks to tell you how proud we are of your work, may you continue utilizing the tremendous kochos Hashem blessed you with to inspire and touch the world, especially the ‘youth’ (in age or in knowledge); it is a dark world out there but “M’at Ohr docheh harbeh choshech”.

to #10
December 12, 2012 10:53 pm

he likes beis shamai’s s’varah more

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December 12, 2012 10:31 pm

Why on earth are you knitpicking? I love the video. A little advice, being someone who lost my love of being jewish, stopped being religious, and is slowly becoming to love judaism again, its not the best to knit pick such minor things. just doing it is alot.

Nice!
December 12, 2012 8:16 pm

Good work!

Nice video :)
December 12, 2012 8:13 pm

It was very well done and very heartwarming 🙂

Great video
December 12, 2012 7:48 pm

Hey those are my brothers Noam and ami

Why the smoking?
December 12, 2012 5:53 pm

Could have been done just as good without the smoking at the beginning.

menorah
December 12, 2012 4:37 pm

nice, but the menorah is lit the other way we go left to right

foreigner
December 12, 2012 4:33 pm

I wish I would have that M.K. in my life,
For me its a foreign thought long forgotten

anyway thanks MK for the clip

good memories Bless you all

Y E P !! Great Job
December 12, 2012 4:14 pm

Please keep your short films coming. the lighting is terrific juxaposition of the hipster with the young boys makes a strong contrast.

wow amazing!!!!!!!!!!
December 12, 2012 3:26 pm

Mendel Katz ur so talented please keep making ur awesome short films every one love them

john
December 12, 2012 2:10 pm

hipsters are not penniless they choose that way

Your friend
December 12, 2012 11:42 am

Dovid, good to see you doing good work wherever you are.
Keep it up dude
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Family
December 12, 2012 10:44 am

David awesome video, great Avahas Yisroel!! great job on Mivtzayim… luv u!!

Osem
December 12, 2012 10:17 am

agreed. great video!!

david Coopfer!!!!!!!
December 12, 2012 10:14 am

Love your spelling !!! great work dude!!!!!!

wow, beautiful!
December 12, 2012 10:03 am

this filmmaker has a future! very powerful

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