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.
Kosher pizza parlor. (Part 2) Moishe and Chips Gold, Belzer Hasidim, and their children preparing for Shabbos. (Part 1) 5/13/1994
Terms you may encounter: Shiddukh: Match, betrothal.
00:00:06 - Hasidic businessman Mendel, working alongside his non-Jewish employees, making pizza, serving customers, in his pizza parlor. Interviewed as he works: How the rebbe helps everyone with their day to day problems. Explains (in Yiddish) the presence of the film crew to a curious customer.
00:07:43 - Exterior, Mendel's Pizza and Luncheonette.
00:08:58 - Sign for lecture about shiduchim.
00:09:11 - (Partial audio begins at about 10) Chips Gold and children preparing for Shabbos, bringing flowers and potted plants into the house. Boys making potato kugel. Chips making kishke, tsholent, challah. Hebrew sign on door: "Gold Family."
00:18:30 - Interview with Chips' daughter: About how her job before Shabbos is to vacuum , bake cakes, and glaze the challahs. Explains that Shabbos is a day of rest and socializing and that they always have many guests at their table, including singles that her mother is trying to match. About what she does for fun when she has free time. Expects to marry a Hasidic boy.
Kosher pizza parlor. (Part 2) Moishe and Chips Gold, Belzer Hasidim, and their children preparing for Shabbos. (Part 1) 5/13/1994
Terms you may encounter: Shiddukh: Match, betrothal.
00:00:06 - Hasidic businessman Mendel, working alongside his non-Jewish employees, making pizza, serving customers, in his pizza parlor. Interviewed as he works: How the rebbe helps everyone with their day to day problems. Explains (in Yiddish) the presence of the film crew to a curious customer.
00:07:43 - Exterior, Mendel's Pizza and Luncheonette.
00:08:58 - Sign for lecture about shiduchim.
00:09:11 - (Partial audio begins at about 10) Chips Gold and children preparing for Shabbos, bringing flowers and potted plants into the house. Boys making potato kugel. Chips making kishke, tsholent, challah. Hebrew sign on door: "Gold Family."
00:18:30 - Interview with Chips' daughter: About how her job before Shabbos is to vacuum , bake cakes, and glaze the challahs. Explains that Shabbos is a day of rest and socializing and that they always have many guests at their table, including singles that her mother is trying to match. About what she does for fun when she has free time. Expects to marry a Hasidic boy.
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00:22:23 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Copyright Date
1997
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