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 storekeeper Zeldy Abramowitz, a Satmar Hasid, and her niece, Malke Klein, in Zeldy's store. (Part 2)
Terms you may encounter:
Bais Yaakov: School for Orthodox Jewish girls based on a school network founded in Poland before World War II Ainikl/ainiklekh: Grandchild/grandchildren
Huppah: Wedding canopy
Matsaiva: Gravestone
Moshiach: Messiah
Nokh a yid: Another Jew [is born]
Tati: Daddy
Yiddishkyt: Jewish tradition, religious practices, and culture
00:00:01 - Zeldy and her niece, Malky, with customers in her clothing store. Zeldy talks about how she reaches out to customers. She was born in Satmar, Romania and came to America as a baby. Her parents and brother were hidden during the Holocaust. Her brother was one of the few children of his generation to survive. About the difficulties her parents had in immigrating to America. About how her parents, who had been well--to-do before the war, had to adjust to a lower socio-economic status. About how they never lost their faith.
00:04:48 - About how her parents feel about their grandchildren. About how she grew up in a Holocaust survivor community where no one had grandparents. Now her children have grandparents and she sees what she missed. About the obligation she felt as a child to make her parents happy. She and Malky talk about how they always felt "guilty." About the toll the Holocaust took on their parents.
00:08:57 - A customer tells the filmmaker that she thanks God for school uniforms. Interaction with customers.
00:10:39 - Zeldy and Malky about how they knew no old people when they were growing up and about how some adults had first wives and children who perished in the Holocaust.
00:12:18 - Scenes in the clothing store. Interview with Zeldy: About how her parents told them, as Jews, never to feel secure, and that they are "different." About how her parents had a hard time realizing that America is a free country. About how there is more antisemitism here than before. About how she knew about "the sixties" but she didn't get drawn in. Malky and Zeldy talk more about fear of antisemitism in their families and the roots of that fear in personal experience.
00:17:42 - Customers in the store. Uniforms on the racks. Zeldy talks about the different schools and their uniforms.
00:19:43 - Interview with Zeldy: About a conversation with a doctor who identiifed her as Satmar based on her personality. About how it isn't unusual for Satmar women to work outside the home and that it isn't frowned upon or forbidden. About how she still has strong ties with girls she went to school with.
Interview with storekeeper Zeldy Abramowitz, a Satmar Hasid, and her niece, Malke Klein, in Zeldy's store. (Part 2)
Terms you may encounter:
Bais Yaakov: School for Orthodox Jewish girls based on a school network founded in Poland before World War II Ainikl/ainiklekh: Grandchild/grandchildren
Huppah: Wedding canopy
Matsaiva: Gravestone
Moshiach: Messiah
Nokh a yid: Another Jew [is born]
Tati: Daddy
Yiddishkyt: Jewish tradition, religious practices, and culture
00:00:01 - Zeldy and her niece, Malky, with customers in her clothing store. Zeldy talks about how she reaches out to customers. She was born in Satmar, Romania and came to America as a baby. Her parents and brother were hidden during the Holocaust. Her brother was one of the few children of his generation to survive. About the difficulties her parents had in immigrating to America. About how her parents, who had been well--to-do before the war, had to adjust to a lower socio-economic status. About how they never lost their faith.
00:04:48 - About how her parents feel about their grandchildren. About how she grew up in a Holocaust survivor community where no one had grandparents. Now her children have grandparents and she sees what she missed. About the obligation she felt as a child to make her parents happy. She and Malky talk about how they always felt "guilty." About the toll the Holocaust took on their parents.
00:08:57 - A customer tells the filmmaker that she thanks God for school uniforms. Interaction with customers.
00:10:39 - Zeldy and Malky about how they knew no old people when they were growing up and about how some adults had first wives and children who perished in the Holocaust.
00:12:18 - Scenes in the clothing store. Interview with Zeldy: About how her parents told them, as Jews, never to feel secure, and that they are "different." About how her parents had a hard time realizing that America is a free country. About how there is more antisemitism here than before. About how she knew about "the sixties" but she didn't get drawn in. Malky and Zeldy talk more about fear of antisemitism in their families and the roots of that fear in personal experience.
00:17:42 - Customers in the store. Uniforms on the racks. Zeldy talks about the different schools and their uniforms.
00:19:43 - Interview with Zeldy: About a conversation with a doctor who identiifed her as Satmar based on her personality. About how it isn't unusual for Satmar women to work outside the home and that it isn't frowned upon or forbidden. About how she still has strong ties with girls she went to school with.
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Duration
00:22:30 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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