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.
A Hanukkah celebration at a Chabad Jewish school in Moscow. (Part 1) 12/9/1993.
00:00:20 - Hanukkah assembly: continuation of children singing Hebrew songs: "Sivivon sov sov" (Spinning top) and "Am Yisroel Chai" (The people of Israel lives) and other songs.
00:03:33 - A small boy is lifted up on the stage and leads the other children in a chant wishing long life to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, their teacher and the King, the Messiah. More singing. Portrait of the Rebbe on the wall. Children dancing to Hava Nagila.
00:11:03 - (No audio) Hanukkah decorations. Portrait of Rebbe on wall. Hebrew banners with Russian translations. Menorah. Torah Ark curtain.
00:11:24 - Men in Rabbi Berel Lazar's office. An elderly man speaks with him in Yiddish. Door of the office with stickers proclaiming the Lubavitcher Rebbe the Messiah. A couple enters and speaks with the rabbi in Russian. The woman shows him documents in Hebrew and Russian in connection with an inquiry from Israel about whether someone is a Jew or not.
00:18:55 - Men and boys in a synagogue singing, with small Hanukkah menorahs.
00:29:54 - Audio only. Continuation of men singing. Children singing Hanukkah songs.
A Hanukkah celebration at a Chabad Jewish school in Moscow. (Part 1) 12/9/1993.
00:00:20 - Hanukkah assembly: continuation of children singing Hebrew songs: "Sivivon sov sov" (Spinning top) and "Am Yisroel Chai" (The people of Israel lives) and other songs.
00:03:33 - A small boy is lifted up on the stage and leads the other children in a chant wishing long life to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, their teacher and the King, the Messiah. More singing. Portrait of the Rebbe on the wall. Children dancing to Hava Nagila.
00:11:03 - (No audio) Hanukkah decorations. Portrait of Rebbe on wall. Hebrew banners with Russian translations. Menorah. Torah Ark curtain.
00:11:24 - Men in Rabbi Berel Lazar's office. An elderly man speaks with him in Yiddish. Door of the office with stickers proclaiming the Lubavitcher Rebbe the Messiah. A couple enters and speaks with the rabbi in Russian. The woman shows him documents in Hebrew and Russian in connection with an inquiry from Israel about whether someone is a Jew or not.
00:18:55 - Men and boys in a synagogue singing, with small Hanukkah menorahs.
00:29:54 - Audio only. Continuation of men singing. Children singing Hanukkah songs.
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00:31:08 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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