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.
Upshern ceremony (ritual marking a boy's first haircut) for a son of the Naiman family, Ger Hasidim. (Part 2) 8/13/1994 Kosher pizza parlor (Part 1) 5/13/1994
Terms you may encounter:
Benbayis: Unofficial member of a household, family.
G'makh: Free loan fund.
Haymish: Literally, “homey,” colloquially: Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox.
Shiddukh: Match, betrothal.
Yuntef: Holiday.
00:00:00 - (No audio) Ger Yeshiva Yagdil Torah: schoolbus, exterior of building. Neiman boy who had his upshern arrives with family for his ceremonial introduction to schooling.
00:01:02 - (No audio) Gold family (?): Father and sons leaving house. Candles in a window.
00:03:21 - (No audio until 8:40) Neiman boy enters Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Berkowitz's classroom. First lesson in reading alef-bais (alphabet): candies placed on the letters as his brother and family look on. Afterwards distributes candy and cake to all the boys. (Yiddish)
00:14:33 - The boy puts a coin for charity into a robotic piggy bank (pushke) and he and his family leave.
00:16:46 - Interview with Mendel, Hasidic owner of kosher pizza parlor. The free loan society and loans from relatives and his rebbe helped him establish the business. About losing his father as a child and being brought up by the Tosher Rebbe, who also arranged his marriage. Customers at tables. Ads for Mrs. Weiser's Blintzes and Haderech taxi company. Other signs.
Upshern ceremony (ritual marking a boy's first haircut) for a son of the Naiman family, Ger Hasidim. (Part 2) 8/13/1994 Kosher pizza parlor (Part 1) 5/13/1994
Terms you may encounter:
Benbayis: Unofficial member of a household, family.
G'makh: Free loan fund.
Haymish: Literally, “homey,” colloquially: Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox.
Shiddukh: Match, betrothal.
Yuntef: Holiday.
00:00:00 - (No audio) Ger Yeshiva Yagdil Torah: schoolbus, exterior of building. Neiman boy who had his upshern arrives with family for his ceremonial introduction to schooling.
00:01:02 - (No audio) Gold family (?): Father and sons leaving house. Candles in a window.
00:03:21 - (No audio until 8:40) Neiman boy enters Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Berkowitz's classroom. First lesson in reading alef-bais (alphabet): candies placed on the letters as his brother and family look on. Afterwards distributes candy and cake to all the boys. (Yiddish)
00:14:33 - The boy puts a coin for charity into a robotic piggy bank (pushke) and he and his family leave.
00:16:46 - Interview with Mendel, Hasidic owner of kosher pizza parlor. The free loan society and loans from relatives and his rebbe helped him establish the business. About losing his father as a child and being brought up by the Tosher Rebbe, who also arranged his marriage. Customers at tables. Ads for Mrs. Weiser's Blintzes and Haderech taxi company. Other signs.
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Subject
Duration
00:25:43 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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