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.
Hasidim on a pilgrimage to the grave of the Vizhnitzer rebbe in the Jewish cemetery in Vizhnitz, Ukraine. (Part 2)
00:00:04 - (Partial audio) Hasidim praying in the ohel (monument built over the grave of a prominent person or rabbi) at the Vizhnitz Jewish cemetery. Letters on a tombstone are painted.
00:05:44 - Arrival of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe.
00:07:24 - (No audio) Nuta Kaufman, a Satmar Hasid from Brooklyn in a town in Ukraine. Enters the grounds of the Hasidic summer camp he is there to run.
00:11:04 - (Partial audio) Crowds around the Vizhnitzer Rebbe in the ohel at the Jewish cemetery in Vizhnitz. Other men outside in the cemetery. Townspeople gathered outside watching the event. The Rebbe (?) leads the men in prayer. Gravestones in the cemetery.
Hasidim on a pilgrimage to the grave of the Vizhnitzer rebbe in the Jewish cemetery in Vizhnitz, Ukraine. (Part 2)
00:00:04 - (Partial audio) Hasidim praying in the ohel (monument built over the grave of a prominent person or rabbi) at the Vizhnitz Jewish cemetery. Letters on a tombstone are painted.
00:05:44 - Arrival of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe.
00:07:24 - (No audio) Nuta Kaufman, a Satmar Hasid from Brooklyn in a town in Ukraine. Enters the grounds of the Hasidic summer camp he is there to run.
00:11:04 - (Partial audio) Crowds around the Vizhnitzer Rebbe in the ohel at the Jewish cemetery in Vizhnitz. Other men outside in the cemetery. Townspeople gathered outside watching the event. The Rebbe (?) leads the men in prayer. Gravestones in the cemetery.
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00:22:13 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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