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.
Interview with Jack and Esther Gold, Holocaust survivors, who came from Hasidic families in Poland. (Part 2) 5/8/1994
00:00:02 - Mr. Gold: About why he doesn't dress in Hasidic or have a beard. Mrs. Gold: About how she wasn't happy when her older son decided to dress Hasidic because of bad memories from Poland. But in America you don't need to be afraid. About how the Catholic Church indoctrinated Polish children to be antisemites. Another son doesn't dress Hasidic.
00:05:32 - Mrs. Gold: Dresses Hasidic when she goes to events in the Hasidic community. Mr. Gold: Isn't ready to dress Hasidic or grow a beard while he is still working in the business world. But one day he will do it.
00:09:12 - Mr. Gold: Was a bit of the rebel as a young man and starting to be skeptical about Hasidism. A story about his father and a blessing of the rebbe that reverberated for him through life and death experiences in the Holocaust, his meeting his wife after the war. The birth of his first son and his decision to raise him in accordance with his family traditions. Talks about the blessings in his life.
Interview with Jack and Esther Gold, Holocaust survivors, who came from Hasidic families in Poland. (Part 2) 5/8/1994
00:00:02 - Mr. Gold: About why he doesn't dress in Hasidic or have a beard. Mrs. Gold: About how she wasn't happy when her older son decided to dress Hasidic because of bad memories from Poland. But in America you don't need to be afraid. About how the Catholic Church indoctrinated Polish children to be antisemites. Another son doesn't dress Hasidic.
00:05:32 - Mrs. Gold: Dresses Hasidic when she goes to events in the Hasidic community. Mr. Gold: Isn't ready to dress Hasidic or grow a beard while he is still working in the business world. But one day he will do it.
00:09:12 - Mr. Gold: Was a bit of the rebel as a young man and starting to be skeptical about Hasidism. A story about his father and a blessing of the rebbe that reverberated for him through life and death experiences in the Holocaust, his meeting his wife after the war. The birth of his first son and his decision to raise him in accordance with his family traditions. Talks about the blessings in his life.
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English
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1997
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