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 in Brooklyn performing "shlogn kaporas," a rite involving live chickens that takes place on the eve of Yom Kippur. Hasidic men and boys building a sukkah for Sukkot, a harvest festival commemorating the temporary shelters used by the Israelites during their wandering in the wilderness. (Part 1)
00:00:34 - Men, women, and children performing shlogn kaporas.
00:15:28 - Storefront: Hadar Judaic & Religious Articles.
00:15:33 - School bus with yeshiva students: Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov & Bnos Yakov of Pupa.
00:15:52 - Children looking out a window.
00:18:10 - Hasidic men and boys building a sukkah for the holiday of Sukkot.
Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn performing "shlogn kaporas," a rite involving live chickens that takes place on the eve of Yom Kippur. Hasidic men and boys building a sukkah for Sukkot, a harvest festival commemorating the temporary shelters used by the Israelites during their wandering in the wilderness. (Part 1)
00:00:34 - Men, women, and children performing shlogn kaporas.
00:15:28 - Storefront: Hadar Judaic & Religious Articles.
00:15:33 - School bus with yeshiva students: Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov & Bnos Yakov of Pupa.
00:15:52 - Children looking out a window.
00:18:10 - Hasidic men and boys building a sukkah for the holiday of Sukkot.
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Subject
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00:27:11 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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