Abstract
Footage from the 1997 documentary “A Life Apart: Hasidism in America” (directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky), the first in-depth documentary about Hasidic Jews, members of a distinctive group within Judaism that has roots in pre-World War II Eastern Europe.
Hasidic Jews performing the rite of tashlich (a ritual performed on Rosh Hashanah along the banks of a river or stream) in Pelham Bay, New York, and "shlogn kaporas," a rite involving live chickens that takes place on the eve of Yom Kippur, in Brooklyn. Yisrael Lipschitz of the Hasidic Actors Guild making a documentary in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
00:00:51 - Hasidic Jews, including children, performing the rite of tashlich on Rosh Hashanah in Pelham Bay near a Toys R Us store. (Sporadic audio.) (Part 3)
00:09:16 - Yisrael Lipschitz speaking into a mike, explains the rite of tashlich, as a film crew records him. (Several takes, snd many shots include the film crew).
00:12:02 - Yisrael Lipschitz in Prospect Park, removing fake payos (sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jewish men) and then walking away.
00:12:28 - Hasidic and other Orthodox Jews, including children performing the rite of tashlich on Rosh Hashanah in Pelham Bay near a Toys R Us store.
00:22:07 - Hasidic families on 16th Avenue in Brooklyn performing shlogn kaporas, a rite involving live chickens, on the eve of Yom Kippur.
00:26:46 - Audio only: Man (Yisrael Lipschitz?) in Prospect Park explaining that he's making a documentary feature about the Hasidic Actors Guild. Explains that his payos (sidelocks) aren't real. Says he produces films for Orthodox Jews.
Hasidic Jews performing the rite of tashlich (a ritual performed on Rosh Hashanah along the banks of a river or stream) in Pelham Bay, New York, and "shlogn kaporas," a rite involving live chickens that takes place on the eve of Yom Kippur, in Brooklyn. Yisrael Lipschitz of the Hasidic Actors Guild making a documentary in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
00:00:51 - Hasidic Jews, including children, performing the rite of tashlich on Rosh Hashanah in Pelham Bay near a Toys R Us store. (Sporadic audio.) (Part 3)
00:09:16 - Yisrael Lipschitz speaking into a mike, explains the rite of tashlich, as a film crew records him. (Several takes, snd many shots include the film crew).
00:12:02 - Yisrael Lipschitz in Prospect Park, removing fake payos (sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jewish men) and then walking away.
00:12:28 - Hasidic and other Orthodox Jews, including children performing the rite of tashlich on Rosh Hashanah in Pelham Bay near a Toys R Us store.
00:22:07 - Hasidic families on 16th Avenue in Brooklyn performing shlogn kaporas, a rite involving live chickens, on the eve of Yom Kippur.
00:26:46 - Audio only: Man (Yisrael Lipschitz?) in Prospect Park explaining that he's making a documentary feature about the Hasidic Actors Guild. Explains that his payos (sidelocks) aren't real. Says he produces films for Orthodox Jews.
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00:31:20 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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