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.
Children in costume for Purim, Jewish holiday celebrated in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre plotted by Haman, delivering sholekhmones (holiday food baskets). Celebration of Purim by the Lubart family, Ger Hasidim. (Part 3) Reading of the megillah (Scroll of Esther) in a synagogue in Borough Park. (Part 1) 2/25/1994
00:00:00 - Lubart children and others in costume for Purim setting off poppers and delivering sholekhmones. Fancy sholekhmones baskets and packages, including one from filmmaker Menachem Daum's family. Other Borough Park street scenes.
00:13:50 - Children playing with sparklers.
00:15:48 - Lubart children and others in costume setting off poppers and delivering sholekhmones.
00:16:34 - Men at morning prayer in a synagogue in Borough Park on Purim. Bottles of wine and liquor as per the holiday commandment to drink and be merry. Reading of the megillah. Feet are stamped when Haman's name is mentioned. Women's gallery.
Children in costume for Purim, Jewish holiday celebrated in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre plotted by Haman, delivering sholekhmones (holiday food baskets). Celebration of Purim by the Lubart family, Ger Hasidim. (Part 3) Reading of the megillah (Scroll of Esther) in a synagogue in Borough Park. (Part 1) 2/25/1994
00:00:00 - Lubart children and others in costume for Purim setting off poppers and delivering sholekhmones. Fancy sholekhmones baskets and packages, including one from filmmaker Menachem Daum's family. Other Borough Park street scenes.
00:13:50 - Children playing with sparklers.
00:15:48 - Lubart children and others in costume setting off poppers and delivering sholekhmones.
00:16:34 - Men at morning prayer in a synagogue in Borough Park on Purim. Bottles of wine and liquor as per the holiday commandment to drink and be merry. Reading of the megillah. Feet are stamped when Haman's name is mentioned. Women's gallery.
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00:22:59 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Copyright Date
1997
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