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 Michal Springer, a rabbinic chaplain in a hospital. (Part 3) 10/13/1994 Nature scenes.
Terms you may encounter: Halakha/halakhic: Jewish law/In accordance with Jewish law.
00:00:05 - Criticizes status of women in Hasidic life. Anecdote about a Jewish book store in Manhattan run by Hasidic Jews. About how Hasidim are keeping Judaism for everyone else. About myths about religious Jewish life in pre-war Poland. Appreciates diversity in Judaism. About how Hasidim were traumatized by the Holocaust and this made them conservative.
00:04:20 - About how Hasidic songs should be brought into Reform Judaism. About why some people become Hasidic.
00:05:42 - (No audio) Nature scenes.
Interview with Michal Springer, a rabbinic chaplain in a hospital. (Part 3) 10/13/1994 Nature scenes.
Terms you may encounter: Halakha/halakhic: Jewish law/In accordance with Jewish law.
00:00:05 - Criticizes status of women in Hasidic life. Anecdote about a Jewish book store in Manhattan run by Hasidic Jews. About how Hasidim are keeping Judaism for everyone else. About myths about religious Jewish life in pre-war Poland. Appreciates diversity in Judaism. About how Hasidim were traumatized by the Holocaust and this made them conservative.
00:04:20 - About how Hasidic songs should be brought into Reform Judaism. About why some people become Hasidic.
00:05:42 - (No audio) Nature scenes.
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Subject
Duration
00:12:07 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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