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 the mother of Mayer Schiller, who became a Skverer Hasid. (Part 2)
Terms you may encounter:
Gabbai: An official of a synagogue
Learn: In this context, study Talmud
00:00:06 - Interview with Mayer Schiller's mother: About her son's motivations for being Hasidic. About Mayer's Reform and Conservative Jewish childhood and early interest in his "Jewishness." Her feelings about Hasidim and how they have evolved.
00:03:38 - About her close relationship with her son and her acceptance of his Hasidism and his acceptance of her more secular life-style. About her relationship with her grandchildren and great-grandchild.
00:06:56 - About how Mayer was eventually accepted in New Square, learning in the yeshiva there, and how he began to dress in Hasidic garb. About how reluctant he was to go to Hebrew School as a child. "The last time he rode on Shabbos was on his bar mitzvah."
00:13:33 - Shows pictures of Mayer as a child, in his pre-Hasidic days and his early days as a Hasid and talks more about Mayer as a child. About her grandchildren and great-grandson.
00:19:30 - About Mayer starting to want to be known by his Hebrew name and not his American name (Craig). About what she thinks of the future of Hasidism. About her concerns about some developments in society at large and how there needs to be some limitations on human behavior.
Interview with the mother of Mayer Schiller, who became a Skverer Hasid. (Part 2)
Terms you may encounter:
Gabbai: An official of a synagogue
Learn: In this context, study Talmud
00:00:06 - Interview with Mayer Schiller's mother: About her son's motivations for being Hasidic. About Mayer's Reform and Conservative Jewish childhood and early interest in his "Jewishness." Her feelings about Hasidim and how they have evolved.
00:03:38 - About her close relationship with her son and her acceptance of his Hasidism and his acceptance of her more secular life-style. About her relationship with her grandchildren and great-grandchild.
00:06:56 - About how Mayer was eventually accepted in New Square, learning in the yeshiva there, and how he began to dress in Hasidic garb. About how reluctant he was to go to Hebrew School as a child. "The last time he rode on Shabbos was on his bar mitzvah."
00:13:33 - Shows pictures of Mayer as a child, in his pre-Hasidic days and his early days as a Hasid and talks more about Mayer as a child. About her grandchildren and great-grandson.
00:19:30 - About Mayer starting to want to be known by his Hebrew name and not his American name (Craig). About what she thinks of the future of Hasidism. About her concerns about some developments in society at large and how there needs to be some limitations on human behavior.
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00:22:39 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
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1997
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