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.

The Gold family, Belzer Hasidim, preparing for other Sukkot rituals and enjoying a street fair. Sukkahs (huts erected for Sukkot) in Borough Park. (Part 3)

00:00:01 - Gold boys climbing on roof of their house to clip willow branches for Hoshanah Rabbah (seventh day of Sukkot). Mr. Gold explains how they will be used in a ritual. He talks with his son about going to the circus.

00:07:44 - Sukkah diorama in the sukkah. Other decorations.

00:09:44 - (Partial audio) Mr. and Mrs. Gold and three of their sons walking on the street and passing through a street fair with rides and petting zoo. They walk towards a circus tent and wait on line. Other families. Elephants.

00:17:36 - (No audio) Sukkahs in Borough Park: on roofs, balconies, yards. Hasidic boy talking with a police officer at street fair.

Footage shot for the documentary film, A Life Apart: Hasidism in America

Hasidim, Hasidism, Orthodox Jews, Jews, American, Belz Hasidim, Jewish families--Religious life, Sukkot--Customs and practices, New York (State)--New York—Brooklyn

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English

1997

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