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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.

Preparations for public Hanukkah event in Moscow. (Part 1) 12/9/1993.
00:00:01 - Setting up for the public menorah lighting ceremony in Red Square. (Russian).

00:04:40 - Red square at night.

00:11:08 - (Partial audio) Setting up for the public menorah lighting ceremony in Red Square. Rabbi Lazar in a theater. Children.

00:12:45 - Two women conversing in Russian in the theater. Rabbi Lazar trying to arrange for the street to be closed off for the candle-lighting event. (English)

00:14:32 - Interview with Russian producers of the Hanukkah candle-lighting event, mostly about the satellite hook-up and the big screen that has been set up in Red Square. (English/Russian)

00:18:03 - Children boarding a bus ("Chabad - Lubavitch") with portrait of the Rebbe in the window. Sound trucks, production trailers and other vehicles for the event. Crew and continuing of set up.
Duration
00:22:37 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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This recording is protected by copyright. You are free to view it but not download it. Please contact the Brooklyn College Archives for further information about how you may use this recording.
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