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.

Street signs in Brooklyn. A Hanukkah party in the home of the Horowitz family, Bobover Hasidim. (Part 1)

00:00:19 - Flyers on bulletin board: Kesser's Hasidic Clothing Store; Shaitels by Yocheved. Another ad for the clothing store: you might want a new coat because "astrological news" predicts 2 big winter storms. There's a special sale for bridegrooms. (Yiddish) Bais Yaakov children's Hanukkah concert; Vegetarian Heaven restaurant.

00:02:55 - Mrs. Horowitz making latkes for Hanukkah. Conversation with her and her husband Mayer Horowitz about shiddukh (match) being made for one of their grandchildren. (Yiddish/English)

00:11:17 - More preparations for the Hanukkah party. Preparation of the menorahs.

00:19:27 - Grandchildren, dreidls, menorahs.

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

Hasidism, Hasidim, Orthodox Judaism, Jews, American, Bobov Hasidim, Hanukkah--Customs and practices, Jewish families--Religious life

00:22:34 (HH:MM:SS)

English

1997

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