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.
Reading of the megillah (Scroll of Esther) on 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) in a synagogue in Borough Park. (Part 2). Purim feast at the home of the Lubarts, Ger Hasidim. (Part 4) 2/25/1994
00:00:06 - Men saying morning prayers. Reading of the megillah at a synagogue
00:01:46 - (No audio) Street scenes in Borough Park on Purim. People delivering sholekhmones (food baskets given as gifts on Purim). Remains of fire crackers in the snow.
00:02:30 - Purim sudeh (feast) at the Lubart home. Grandparents, parents, grandchildren. Small boy costumed as girl. His mother explains that he has not yet had his upshern (ritual marking a boy's first haircut). Men and boys sing Purim songs.
00:11:10 - Grandfather Rabbi Lubart delivers a sermon on Purim about all Jews having the potential to be Mordechai, the Jews remaining a distinct people though dispersed all over the world, and other themes. (Yiddish)
00:17:58 - Grandson and grandfather (Yiddish). Men and boys sing Purim songs.
00:24:17 - Audio only. Wild sound. 24:27: Grandfather's Lubart's sermon continued.
Reading of the megillah (Scroll of Esther) on 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) in a synagogue in Borough Park. (Part 2). Purim feast at the home of the Lubarts, Ger Hasidim. (Part 4) 2/25/1994
00:00:06 - Men saying morning prayers. Reading of the megillah at a synagogue
00:01:46 - (No audio) Street scenes in Borough Park on Purim. People delivering sholekhmones (food baskets given as gifts on Purim). Remains of fire crackers in the snow.
00:02:30 - Purim sudeh (feast) at the Lubart home. Grandparents, parents, grandchildren. Small boy costumed as girl. His mother explains that he has not yet had his upshern (ritual marking a boy's first haircut). Men and boys sing Purim songs.
00:11:10 - Grandfather Rabbi Lubart delivers a sermon on Purim about all Jews having the potential to be Mordechai, the Jews remaining a distinct people though dispersed all over the world, and other themes. (Yiddish)
00:17:58 - Grandson and grandfather (Yiddish). Men and boys sing Purim songs.
00:24:17 - Audio only. Wild sound. 24:27: Grandfather's Lubart's sermon continued.
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00:26:50 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Copyright Date
1997
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