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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.

Grave of Vilna Gaon, Lithuania. Grave of Levi Yitzchak of Berditshev, Ukraine. (Part 1)

00:00:01 - Ohel (Mausoleum) of the Vilna Gaon in Jewish cemetery, Vilna.

00:05:22 - Interior of ohel of Vilna Gaon.

00:10:08 - Footage shot from train. (Eastern Europe)

00:11:07 - Ohel of Levi Yitzhak of Berditshev. Two men open the door with great difficulty. Interior and exterior of ohel. Restroom near the ohel. Tombstones in the overgrown cemetery. Cows grazing in the cemetery.

00:19:40 - Footage shot from car (Ukraine). Tombstone in a Jewish cemetery.
Duration
00:22:23 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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This recording is protected by copyright. You are free to view it but not download it. Please contact the Brooklyn College Archives for further information about how you may use this recording.
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