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  • #589702
    ames
    Participant

    The Atheist Convention is definitly my favorite part. I think Lipa downgraded the nice Hentalech song by the way he performed it on the dvd.

    #682275
    areivimzehlazeh
    Participant

    tough choice ames- I think it was done very well this year. I especially get a kick out of the dollar bills enacting the different circles and stripes of yiddishkeit for the prizes. Whoever wrote that script did an outstanding job! The lines are very chapp-y and a superb play on words. Before pesach, my family played and replayed that part again and again

    for those that only got a taste of the shmorg- you aint seen nothin yet. Donate! (and not just to get the CD)

    #682276
    reenmasheen
    Member

    I think that the Birchas Hachama presentation was the best thing on the shmorg. It was a very intellectual and inspiring visualization which greatly enhanced my first saying of the this precious once in 28 year mitzvah.

    #682277
    Jothar
    Member

    The dancing dollar was cute. But is a dancing dollar bill what Yiddishkeit is about? Dollars, prizes, vacations? Is that the message a kiruv organization should be sending? That gashmius is what counts?

    #682278
    d a
    Member

    BTW, the Feivesh video was very similar to last year’s. Other years they made a whole new video. I was looking forward to a new idea, but it was still good.

    #682279
    areivimzehlazeh
    Participant

    Jothar- what you’re against is the whole chinese auction idea, not Oorah per se. So please don’t bash the organization when all they’re doing is fitting in with the times

    #682280
    believer
    Participant

    i think lipas song was the cutest part- its cool how he really got these languages put together- because I know a few of these languages so i can vouch he didnt just make up these words- I must say- it wa svery original!

    #682281
    22OldGold
    Participant

    Yeah Lipa was very good, I thought that Joe DiMaggio’s card and the Athiest Convention were also good. The Birchas Hachama video thing was amazing as well.

    #682282
    RoshYeshivah
    Member

    Nobody for Rabbi krohn’s speech? 🙁

    #682283
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Oorah should have a pize next year where you get to meet a real mod (joseph/fake joseph) and be a mod for a day in the CR.

    #682284
    moish01
    Member

    55, are you willing to sponsor it??

    sponsor it? What are the costs?

    Moderator 55

    #682285
    kapusta
    Participant

    55, maybe a job when you relinquish it to me…

    *kapusta*

    #682286
    moish01
    Member

    your job, man!

    #682287
    Jax
    Member

    mod55: i might put all my tickets in that prize!

    #682288
    Jothar
    Member

    areivim, you have confused 2 separate issues.

    Issue #1- should there be Chinese Auctions?

    Issue #2: Assuming the answer is yes, should they be over-the-top, “Get your gashmius here!”, anti-Orthodox values in order to make money? Their message to the irreligious is that money is nothing, gashmius is nothing, only ruchnius can bring you true happiness. Then they turn around to the frum community (suffering from the effects of too much gashmius) and offer the exact opposite message! Win gashmius prizes and achieve true happiness! Most other Chinese auctions are not over-the-top, and do reflect the awareness that if they need to do this to raise money, the emphasis is on the organization, not the prizes. An animation showing a dancing dollar bill and highlighted prizes is THE EXACT OPPOSITE of the message we need to send our children. Rabbi Shaya Cohen of Priority-1 says that many children go off because of hedonism. Must we stress something that causes kids to go off the derech in order to bring other kids back? If they offered a subscription to Netflix and 100 dvd’s of your choice as a prize, and justified it with “It’s a big money-maker, and helps fund our kiruv programs”, would you have the same viewpoint?

    #682289
    Phyllis
    Member

    I found the CD really entertaining! I especially enjoyed Joe DiMaggio’s card, while my husband was facinted by the explanation of Birchas Hachama.

    #682290
    areivimzehlazeh
    Participant

    Jothar- I have to say I disagree. A few things here:

    – I didn’t say I like the dancing dollar. I like the script.

    – I think your comparison with Netflix is way off base

    – I feel the “all other auctions” comparison is off as well. They all offer about 95% of the prizes offered through Oorah.

    #682292
    Jothar
    Member

    Areivim, to clarify, I love the computer animation. I also love a lot of the disc, including the Lipa thing. Show me another Chinese Auction that stresses the gashmius as much as this one. when BMG had one it got quickly pulled. A “Wheel of Fortune” setup and a dancing dollar bill named “Fivish” bouncing among prizes is NOT a Torah message, no matter how you spin it. The difference between that and Netflix is one of degree, not of essence. Chasing gashmius is wrong (Lo sachmod), just like watching dvd’s (lo sasuru, abizrayhu degilui arayos, etc) is wrong. I’m fully aware of the good that Oorah does. They run a top-notch kiruv organization. But this is frankly the wrong message. Let’s say they sent out the CD with Lipa, and the cute videos, and did NOT have the bouncing dollar bill. It would totally change the tone of the cd without killing the entertainment value. It would still be cutting-edge and a great fundraiser without sending the wrong message.

    Kars4kids- I can’t defend it so I won’t.

    #682293
    anonymisss
    Participant

    You may be right. However, this is a very public forum. Is it possible that this conversation is taking a turn down L”H Lane?

    ~a~

    #682294

    my grandfather speaks 8 languages(im not kidding)and he said that french,hungarian,and russian are fakes

    #682295

    im talking about the lipa song

    #682296
    an open book
    Participant

    ha ha ames 🙂

    #682297
    kapusta
    Participant

    ames, are you doubting my name? and I thought we were friends…

    *kapusta*

    #682298
    kapusta
    Participant

    not about the DVD, but on the reminder they sent (with the prizes) there was a post-it on the front that said meeting with Feivish at 5-ish, It was so cute!

    *kapusta*

    #682300
    d a
    Member

    Anybody got the new Shmorg in the mail from Oorah yet?

    #682301
    boredstiff
    Participant

    they already sent it out?? we’re waiting for ours..

    #682302
    tomim tihye
    Member

    Kugel-eater: The grammar IS wrong in some of the languages in the song.

    #682303
    arc
    Participant

    Its a fundraiser and they feel this brings in the most funds. Its not about promoting torah.

    #682304
    jphone
    Member

    You can preview the “shmorg 2” at http://www.oorah.org

    #682305
    d a
    Member

    doing that right now!

    #682306
    YW Moderator-42
    Moderator

    The Shmorg 2 is awesome! Great songs, great videos. Good job by Oorah as usual.

    #1495474

    I believe they are up to #10 now.

    #1496015
    ames
    Participant

    Scary how time flies

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