Mysterious earthquakes are devastating Pittsburgh. Rabbis are disappearing from their yeshiva classes. The very foundations of the world are crumbling. Sound hopeless? Then it's a job for Agent Emes, the fearless yeshiva-boy-turned-crime fighter who battles to save the Jews from sin and thwart the evil schemes of the fiendish Dr. Lo-Tov of Aveiros International. In this half-hour kids' video, the second outing for Emes, Lo-Tov ("No-Good") and the gang, Aveiros ("Sins") International is kidnapping teachers to prevent children from studying Torah and thus weaken the mystical foundations of the universe. Produced and directed by Leibel Cohen of the Pittsburgh-based Reel Jewish Entertainment, this pre-teen kabbalistic spy-thriller is a corny, low-budget production, and parents, especially the more worldly ones, may roll their eyes. But kids of every persuasion are likely to be smitten by its goofy earnestness; in our experience, they eat it up. "The Adventures of Agent Emes, Episode 2: Rabbi-napped" (2003) is available from Sameach Music, 1-888-3-SAMEACH, or directly from the producers at www.agent-emes.com.
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