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.
Celebration of Purim (Jewish holiday celebrated in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre plotted by Haman, when it is customary for children dress up in costumes) with the Bobover Rebbe and his followers. (Part 2) 2/25/1994
00:00:00 - (Audio begins at 4:19) Purim in the Bobover Synagogue: crowds of men and boys, the Bobover Rebbe eating, man playing trombone-like instrument, men and boys singing. A call and response: The Rebbe chanting and the crowd responding with a nigun (traditional melody).
00:14:02 - Performers waiting in the wings. Crowds. Police. Behind the bleachers. Women in the women's balcony. Men and boys with their arms around each other. Boys and men perched on top of bookshelves.
00:20:09 - Performers: singer. Audience, including two police officers.
00:22:19 - Audio only. Wild sound. Rebbe speaking, men singing nigun. [Tape runs out of space for remaining wild sound]
Celebration of Purim (Jewish holiday celebrated in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre plotted by Haman, when it is customary for children dress up in costumes) with the Bobover Rebbe and his followers. (Part 2) 2/25/1994
00:00:00 - (Audio begins at 4:19) Purim in the Bobover Synagogue: crowds of men and boys, the Bobover Rebbe eating, man playing trombone-like instrument, men and boys singing. A call and response: The Rebbe chanting and the crowd responding with a nigun (traditional melody).
00:14:02 - Performers waiting in the wings. Crowds. Police. Behind the bleachers. Women in the women's balcony. Men and boys with their arms around each other. Boys and men perched on top of bookshelves.
00:20:09 - Performers: singer. Audience, including two police officers.
00:22:19 - Audio only. Wild sound. Rebbe speaking, men singing nigun. [Tape runs out of space for remaining wild sound]
Subject
Duration
00:28:34 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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