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.
The Lazar family in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, preparing to leave on shlikhus (outreach mission for Chabad) in Russia. A visit to grandparents. Chanie Lazar shopping for gifts to take to Russia. (Part 3) 11/28/1993.
00:00:29 - Berel and Chanie Lazar and their children getting passport pictures taken. Two dreidls (four-sided tops used in a Hanukkah game) in the carriage with the baby. Photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the wall.
00:01:56 - Berel and Chanie Lazar and children in home of grandparents. Conversation in Yiddish and English. Conversation about Berel and upcoming Hanukkah event in Moscow. Joking about Boris Yeltsin. Conversation about other grandchildren scattered around the world. "They say join Lubavitch and see the world!" Blumie sings a song in English. Chaya and Blumie sing a song in Russian. Cookies are brought out.
00:11:38 - Chaya is cajoled into saying a blessing over the cookies.
00:14:18 - Berel Lazar speaks in Russian with two men on the street.
00:19:40 - Chanie buying gifts for Hanukkah in toy store. She runs into 2 girls who ask her to take a gift to their mother in Russia. They ask about the new baby, who was born three weeks earlier. Chanie buys 300 dreidls to take to Russia. A banner celebrating the Lubavitcher Rebbe as the Messiah on the street at sunset.
The Lazar family in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, preparing to leave on shlikhus (outreach mission for Chabad) in Russia. A visit to grandparents. Chanie Lazar shopping for gifts to take to Russia. (Part 3) 11/28/1993.
00:00:29 - Berel and Chanie Lazar and their children getting passport pictures taken. Two dreidls (four-sided tops used in a Hanukkah game) in the carriage with the baby. Photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the wall.
00:01:56 - Berel and Chanie Lazar and children in home of grandparents. Conversation in Yiddish and English. Conversation about Berel and upcoming Hanukkah event in Moscow. Joking about Boris Yeltsin. Conversation about other grandchildren scattered around the world. "They say join Lubavitch and see the world!" Blumie sings a song in English. Chaya and Blumie sing a song in Russian. Cookies are brought out.
00:11:38 - Chaya is cajoled into saying a blessing over the cookies.
00:14:18 - Berel Lazar speaks in Russian with two men on the street.
00:19:40 - Chanie buying gifts for Hanukkah in toy store. She runs into 2 girls who ask her to take a gift to their mother in Russia. They ask about the new baby, who was born three weeks earlier. Chanie buys 300 dreidls to take to Russia. A banner celebrating the Lubavitcher Rebbe as the Messiah on the street at sunset.
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00:23:48 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Copyright Date
1997
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