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 Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Berkowitz, a teacher in the Ger Yeshiva Yagdil Torah. (Part 3) Interview with Mr. Naiman, a Ger Hasid (Part 1)
Terms you may encounter:
Tsitses: Tassels worn on traditional garments by Jewish males as reminders of the commandments of Deuteronomy 22:12 and Numbers 15:37–41
Upshern: Ritual marking a boy's first haircut
00:00:55 - Interview with Moshe Yehuda Berkowitz: About how the main language of most of his students is English and why they teach in Yiddish in the yeshiva. About how his students are a cohort who will have a connection with each other all their lives. Another way of forging continuity.
00:04:26 - About the role of storytelling in teaching values to children, such as the importance of not stealing, telling the truth, being thankful.
00:08:08 - About how rewarding it is to get an invitation to the wedding of a former student. About the professionalization of teachers in the yeshiva and the growing respect for teachers. About the title of the teacher: "Rebbe."
00:10:43 - Naiman family photos. Photos of Mr. Naiman with New York City political figures, such as Ed Koch and Al D'Amato.
00:11:59 - Interview with Mr. Naiman: About why Ger Hasidism is important to him as a second generation Holocaust survivor and why the revival of Ger, the largest Polish Hasidic community, is a response to the Holocaust.
00:13:38 - Interview with Mr. Naiman: About why Ger Hasidism is important to him as a second generation Holocaust survivor and why the revival of Ger, the largest Polish Hasidic community, is a response to the Holocaust. (Another take)
00:14:46 - About the importance of educating children as early as possible. About the upshern ritual.
00:16:41 - About the importance of the Ger yeshiva, where his sons are students. About how Hasidic education begins with warmth and the children are eager to go to school and how this is a basis for the rest of their lives.
00:18:25 - About how his girls go to a Bais Yaakov school and how the school gives them education and also social interaction, but within the community and not in the outside world. About how the yeshiva children are proud Americans and proud New Yorkers and that the Hasidic children are exemplars. About how his children know that America took his parents in after World War II.
00:22:00 - About the upshern ritual as a happy occasion.
00:23:14 - Audio only. Wild sound. A bit more from the interview with Rabbi Berkowitz: about modesty and empathy: having "a good eye."
Interview with Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Berkowitz, a teacher in the Ger Yeshiva Yagdil Torah. (Part 3) Interview with Mr. Naiman, a Ger Hasid (Part 1)
Terms you may encounter:
Tsitses: Tassels worn on traditional garments by Jewish males as reminders of the commandments of Deuteronomy 22:12 and Numbers 15:37–41
Upshern: Ritual marking a boy's first haircut
00:00:55 - Interview with Moshe Yehuda Berkowitz: About how the main language of most of his students is English and why they teach in Yiddish in the yeshiva. About how his students are a cohort who will have a connection with each other all their lives. Another way of forging continuity.
00:04:26 - About the role of storytelling in teaching values to children, such as the importance of not stealing, telling the truth, being thankful.
00:08:08 - About how rewarding it is to get an invitation to the wedding of a former student. About the professionalization of teachers in the yeshiva and the growing respect for teachers. About the title of the teacher: "Rebbe."
00:10:43 - Naiman family photos. Photos of Mr. Naiman with New York City political figures, such as Ed Koch and Al D'Amato.
00:11:59 - Interview with Mr. Naiman: About why Ger Hasidism is important to him as a second generation Holocaust survivor and why the revival of Ger, the largest Polish Hasidic community, is a response to the Holocaust.
00:13:38 - Interview with Mr. Naiman: About why Ger Hasidism is important to him as a second generation Holocaust survivor and why the revival of Ger, the largest Polish Hasidic community, is a response to the Holocaust. (Another take)
00:14:46 - About the importance of educating children as early as possible. About the upshern ritual.
00:16:41 - About the importance of the Ger yeshiva, where his sons are students. About how Hasidic education begins with warmth and the children are eager to go to school and how this is a basis for the rest of their lives.
00:18:25 - About how his girls go to a Bais Yaakov school and how the school gives them education and also social interaction, but within the community and not in the outside world. About how the yeshiva children are proud Americans and proud New Yorkers and that the Hasidic children are exemplars. About how his children know that America took his parents in after World War II.
00:22:00 - About the upshern ritual as a happy occasion.
00:23:14 - Audio only. Wild sound. A bit more from the interview with Rabbi Berkowitz: about modesty and empathy: having "a good eye."
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00:27:17 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Copyright Date
1997
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