Major on the roof: "Jesus and rejoice" tears the military rabbinate with songs and dances
"Jesus and His Joy", the corporation's new musical comedy, continues an old tradition of parodies about the IDF, this time the military rabbinate band is the focus of the joke. Out of control
Nadav Menuhin
17/05/2022
Tuesday, 17 May 2022, 08:27 Updated: 08:38
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Promo for the series "Jesus and Be Happy" (here 11)
The only thing that counts for the IDF's central place in Israeli life is the cross-sectoral consensus that this is an amazingly ridiculous system, saturated with stupid bureaucracy, exaggerated pathos and absurdity. This is not a subversive statement, but the historical basis for Israeli entertainment history. "Zero in Human Relations" and "The Command."
Some of these works presented a parody of general IDF conduct, and others preferred to use black humor to illuminate dark corners in the Jobnik world.
"Jesus and His Joy", the new series of Here 11, is a mixture of the two: a wild and playful comedy that takes place, from all places, precisely at the base of the military rabbinate, and focuses on the military rabbinate - perhaps the most marginal of the military bands.
Imagine the movie "The Band" meets "The Jews Are Coming", and you got, more or less, this series.
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"Jesus and rejoice" (Photo: here 11)
The plot - as long as it exists, and it is not entirely clear - revolves around Nahumi (Neve Tzur), a shy but kind-hearted singer who finally looks forward to the moment when he will serve as the band's lead singer, but on fateful day an ultra-Orthodox and pampered YouTube star lands on his head.
Apart from them, there are also a bitter keyboardist who digs into the roles of purity and burial (the beloved Ben Yossifovich), Arik Stlan who was caught as a guitarist (Eli Chapman), a Yemeni soldier who rejoices over the ongoing discrimination (Ofir Boaz), and a horn player (Daniel Moreshet).
Mandy (Nathan Datner), the chief military cantor, who turns out to be a childish, rude and cynical man, wins over everything.
In other words, as another military band once sang: some Yatan guys, Yiddish pirates, who multiplied like them in Israel.
They are not alone at the base: next to one officer who actually manages the place (Jasmine Iyun), soldiers in a conversion course, kosher supervisors and more, there is also the elderly chief military rabbi (Albert Iluz), who dies unexpectedly in the middle of a sermon.
A fierce warrior who has lost both his hands in jumping on a grenade (Aki Avni), but miraculously recovers from a determination to return to combat, reveals to his amazement that he is the one chosen to replace him.
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Most of the time she's pretty stupid.
"Jesus and rejoice" (Photo: here 11)
In this parody there is not even the slightest hint of realism, and the military base and the band within it have no intention at all of looking like an institution that functions or is run logically.
That is to say: the most pious place in charge of keeping the laws is run in complete chaos.
From the two episodes sent to journalists, it is still not so clear where this is going, and it is also difficult to identify here which coherent work or statement is too sharp.
But "Jesus and His Joy" compensates for this with a wild, sometimes extreme humor - and not non-infantile, so to speak - that gives the whole series an atmosphere of an out-of-control Shabbat Tractate, which is somehow also a musical.
Indeed, it turns out that from any space one can create a spectacle, intentionally exaggerated as it may be.
And where everyone is a trumpet player on the roof (the joke was originally), the series opens with a festive and great homage to the legendary musical, with two participants who previously played the role of Tuvia the Milkman - Eli Gorenstein and Datner.
In the second episode, Dudu Fischer emerges for a guest appearance only to annoy the Chief Military Cantor and steal his "Merciful God."
Meanwhile, jokes are running around the chambers, soldiers are fleeing the circumcision, and the band continues to try not to be humiliated.
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There is no intention to look like a logical institution.
"Jesus and rejoice" (Photo: here 11)
The series has, therefore, several degrees: the music is endearing, the characters are amusing for the most part, the chemistry between the actors is good and one must appreciate the general playfulness.
But "Jesus and Rejoice" is not really mature or brilliant, and I was not entirely convinced that she had found her inner rhythm.
At times it is amusing and elicits a smile, sometimes uncomfortable, and most of the time quite silly.
It is intriguing to see how she will grow from chapter to chapter, and if her script manages to extract something deeper about this story.
In the meantime, thanks to her daring and originality, it's worth giving her a chance and dancing with her blues on the steps of the military rabbinate.
On the sidelines, it is worth noting the overall trend: "Jesus and His Joy" joins the selection of musical series that have been released in the past two years, and try to sing something about the Israeli situation through music.
"Echo Your Voice," "The Heiress," "Play and Sing," "The Store That Has It All" and "The Moon Years," each in its own style,
Fill the screen with sounds and insights on Israeli music.
Now some Hassidic songs will surely join in as well.
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