Dozens of angry Orthodox Jews gathered outside a controversial wax museum depicting scenes of Jewish life which just opened in New York City. The dark humor and hyperbolic drama associated with the wax museum has been called blasphemy by many Jewish leaders, who demanded they shutter the doors before they open.
Some scenes on display have elicited such heated outrage that psalm vigils have been called to prevent such destructive exhibits from being shown to the public. The new museum features exhibits that show:
Rav Shach strangling a lubavitcher
Buchrim in Khlem learning in a burning beis medrish
Potifar’s wife seducing Joseph
Rav Ahron debating with his sister the mathematician
Ultra Orthodox women burning wigs made of Indian hair
Vilna Gaon issuing cherem against chassidim
I don’t know about you, but I’m pumped about the new museum and can’t wait to check it out.
i would make a special trip to ny to see. maybe protest a little while i’m at it.
where is this going to be exactly?
Lameeeeeeeeee
This is really opening , because if it is I am torn , on one hand I am very pro free speech etc , but on the other hand I really find this offensive.
if you look for other posts tagged ‘frum satire’ you’ll notice a trend…
I wanna go!
who is behind the museum?
Oiy vey
^^^
its a joke people
Wax museum? Hesh are you high?
C’mon, the high holidays must be getting to you. This is not even remotely funny.
I totally expected you to write about some perverted frum fantasy wax museum.
Someone explain this please:
“Buchrim in Khlem learning in a burning beis medrish”.
Is it supposed to be Chelm? Or Kelm? Maybe something guttural? Is that how you say phlegm in Yiddish?
Kelm was a premeire Yeshiva in Europe
OK so he was referring to the Kelm Yeshiva? What incident is he talking about?
they would keep on learning even if the place is in flames
Khelm (or Chelm), which according to legend, was a city of fools. I’ve heard that the stories were invented by the Yeshiva students as some kind of mussar. I don’t remember the story behind that.
Nothing funny here, folks. 🙁
Happy Hoshana Rabbah.
Hesh,
You did it again. This story is such LOLZ. Maybe cuz I’m hi, on JWH-018.
Naftali