TWO JEWS ON A CRUISE

Wed, 9pm, BBC2

You may remember Gaby and Tikwah Lock from a terrific and revealing Wonderland film about Hasidic weddings last year. As unorthodox as an Orthodox Jewish couple from Stamford Hill could be, they have been married for 40 years but — until last October — had never been on holiday. 

Paddy Wivell, who made the first film, follows the pair on a Mediterranean cruise that as well as the standard swimming pools, casinos and day trips boasts religious lectures and relationship workshops that aim to bring back the sparkle to a marriage. For the Locks, the cruise gives them the chance to discuss the collection of used light bulbs that Gaby has always refused to throw out.

ABOUT THIS PROGRAMME

The documentary series revisits Gaby and Tikwah Lock, a Jewish couple from Stamford Hill, north London who previously featured in a film about Hasidic weddings. This time, the pair invite cameras to follow them as they embark on a 12-day kosher cruise of the Mediterranean on the Golden Iris, which boasts religious lectures and relationship workshops alongside the usual fare of jacuzzi sessions and light entertainment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01d0p72/

PROBLEMS

MY WIFE TELLS ME THAT TO-DAY'S WOMEN AND YOUNG LADIES
ARE SURPRISED  WHEN THEY HAVE PROBLEMS IN LIFE,
SUCH AS SHOLEM BAIS PROBLEMS.
CHILDREN NOT BEING WELL OR NOT GOING THE RIGHT WAY IN YIDISHKEIT ETC,ETC,
THEY THINK BECAUSE THEY WEAR A TICHEL OR THEY BELONG TO A
CHASIDUS, LIFE WILL GO FOR THEM WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.

ALL PROBLEMS IN LIFE ARE TESTS FROM G=D, AND ONLY HE CAN HELP YOU.
I DO NOT KNOW ANY PERSON RICH OR POOR REBBE OR NO REBBE
WHO DOES NOT HAVE PROBLEMSIN LIFE.
WE SEE RABBONIM AND REBBES WHO DO NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER
EVEN BROTHERS.
WE SEE FAMILIES WHO HATE EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF INHERITANCE.

BUT IF WE THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE THAT THIS SITUATION COMES FROM G=D
AND THIS IS MY TEST,THEY WOULD BEHAVE DIFFERENT.
WHAT IS WRONG  ?  WE DO NOT TEACH THE YOUNGSTERS WHAT BEING A YID IS ALL ABOUT
BUT WHO SHOULD TEACH ? THE REBBES OR RABONIM ?

THE WEDDING

LATELY I HAVE BEEN WITH MY DEAR WIFE
TO A FEW WEDDINGS.
AT THE WEDDING YOU HEAR SPEECHES WHAT A FINE CHOSEN HE IS
WHAT A FINE KALLA SHE IS, THANK G=D WHAT A MATCH.
MY WIFE SAID TO ME THAT THE RABBONIM ARE ALWAYS TALKING
AT THE WEDDING OF THE PAST.

WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THESE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE.
IS THE MATCH SO GREAT THAT THESE TWO YOUNGSTERS
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE,
THAT IN THEIR NEW LIFE THEY ARE NOT ONLY GOING 
TO HAVE TO GIVE TIME AWAY TO UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER.
BUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE HE WILL HAVE TO GIVE TIME AWAY
FROM GOING TO HIS ROV ,OR REBBE, OR KOLLEL.
SHE WILL HAVE TO GIVE TIME AWAY FROM GOING SHOPPING
AND BEING WITH HER FRIENDS OR PARENTS.
A CHILD NEEDS TIME FROM ITS PARENTS
THEY ARE IMPRISONED  BY THE
LITTLE SOUL  THEY HAVE GIVEN LIFE TO.

THE RABBONIM DO NOT TEACH THAT A CHILD NEEDS, NOT ONLY MONEY
AND IF YOU HAVE MARRIED SOMEONE RICH ,YOU ARE SETUP FOR LIFE.
BUT IT NEEDS ATTENTION AND TIME FOR THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF ITS LIFE.
EVERYONE OF THE DROPOUTS I HAVE MET,
DID NOT GET ENOUGH ATTENTION AND TIME FROM THE PARENTS.
SO  CHOSEN AND KALLA BEFORE YOU GET MARRIED, THINK
AM I READY TO BRING A CHILD ON THIS WORLD AND GIVE IT MY TIME?

SKYPE

I READ IN THE JEWISH MEDIA ABOUT THIS REBBE
AND THAT ROV MAKING LIGHTING VISITS
FROM ISRAEL TO THIS COUNTRY.
TO THE U.S.A . A FEW TIMES A YEAR,
FOR A BRIS OF A GRAND-CHILD ETC ,ETC,
THEN THESE SAME RABBONIM TALK ABOUT NOT HAVING
THE INTERNET AT HOME.

THERE ARE LOTS OF BAD THINGS ON THE INTERNET.
THE SAME AS THERE ARE LOTS OF BAD THINGS YOU CAN SEE
ON A FLIGHT TO LONDON OR THE U.S.A.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BAD THINGS YOU CAN SEE
IN LONDON OR NEW YORK.
BUT YOU CONTROL YOURSELF,
THAT'S WHAT BEING A YID IS  ALL ABOUT.
THESE RABBONIM DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE INTERNET WORKS,
ONLY THAT YOU CAN SEE BAD THINGS ON IT.

I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN THEY BANNED VIDEOS.
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THE BETH DIN IN LONDON HOW IT WORKS.
THEY THINK JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN LEARN, THEY UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING ,BUT THAT IS NOT SO.
TO-DAY AT EVERY WEDDING BY THE REBBES AND RABBONIM
THEY HAVE PEOPLE MAKING  VIDEOS.

SKYPE ON THE INTERNET IS A WAY THAT MY DEAR WIFE
CAN NOT ONLY TALK TO HER DEAR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
BUT SEE THEM AS WELL AND IT DOES NOT COST A PENNY.
BUT THESE RABBIS AND RABBONIM DO NOT WANT TO UNDERSTAND.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL A FEW TIMES A
YEAR TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN .