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.
The Gold family, Belzer Hasidim, at a festive Purim meal. Purim is a holiday celebrated in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre plotted by Haman, when it is customary for children dress up in costumes. (Part 2)
Terms you may encounter:
Purimshpil/Purimshpiler: A skit or play or song performed on Purim, as entertainment/a performers of a Purimshpil Shtrayml: Fur hat worn by Hasidic men on the Sabbath and holidays
Yiddisha nakhas: Joy, especially associated with parents’ and grandparents’ happiness over their children Zaideh: Grandfather, also pronounced Zyda
00:00:23 - Gold family at festive Purim meal: Children. Men sing nigunim (traditional melodies) and Purim songs. More family members arrive with their children, who are in costume. Purimshpilers arrive and sing a song and dance. Jack Gold gives them a donation for the charity they are collecting for. One of the Gold sons joins them for dance.
00:05:32 - Children are photographed in their costumes. A (non-Hasidic) Gold daughter and her husband arrive. A child cries and is comforted by his sister. Children play.
00:11:27 - Interview with Chips Gold: About how her father-in-law when he was in the concentration camp never dreamed he would live to see children, grandchildren. He owes it all to the blessing of the Belzer Rebbe. When she was growing up in Australia she never imagined that she would be living a Hasidic life. Jokes about how she doesn't have much housework because her daughters help her.
00:13:35 - Interview with Jack Gold: About feeling happy but also sad that his parents didn't live to see their descendants. His parents died as martyrs but now they're angels. Story about a German who wouldn't spare his parents' lives and promised to kill him, too. Story about a blessing of the Belzer Rebbe. Esther. Gold: About how she dreams of her parents whenever someone has become pregnant. About being blessed and surviving to see grandchildren. The men sing a nigun.
00:21:22 - (No audio) Chips Gold putting food in refrigerator. Chicken soup. Esther Gold at table.
00:22:31 - Audio only. Wild sound. Men singing nigunim and Purim songs.
The Gold family, Belzer Hasidim, at a festive Purim meal. Purim is a holiday celebrated in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre plotted by Haman, when it is customary for children dress up in costumes. (Part 2)
Terms you may encounter:
Purimshpil/Purimshpiler: A skit or play or song performed on Purim, as entertainment/a performers of a Purimshpil Shtrayml: Fur hat worn by Hasidic men on the Sabbath and holidays
Yiddisha nakhas: Joy, especially associated with parents’ and grandparents’ happiness over their children Zaideh: Grandfather, also pronounced Zyda
00:00:23 - Gold family at festive Purim meal: Children. Men sing nigunim (traditional melodies) and Purim songs. More family members arrive with their children, who are in costume. Purimshpilers arrive and sing a song and dance. Jack Gold gives them a donation for the charity they are collecting for. One of the Gold sons joins them for dance.
00:05:32 - Children are photographed in their costumes. A (non-Hasidic) Gold daughter and her husband arrive. A child cries and is comforted by his sister. Children play.
00:11:27 - Interview with Chips Gold: About how her father-in-law when he was in the concentration camp never dreamed he would live to see children, grandchildren. He owes it all to the blessing of the Belzer Rebbe. When she was growing up in Australia she never imagined that she would be living a Hasidic life. Jokes about how she doesn't have much housework because her daughters help her.
00:13:35 - Interview with Jack Gold: About feeling happy but also sad that his parents didn't live to see their descendants. His parents died as martyrs but now they're angels. Story about a German who wouldn't spare his parents' lives and promised to kill him, too. Story about a blessing of the Belzer Rebbe. Esther. Gold: About how she dreams of her parents whenever someone has become pregnant. About being blessed and surviving to see grandchildren. The men sing a nigun.
00:21:22 - (No audio) Chips Gold putting food in refrigerator. Chicken soup. Esther Gold at table.
00:22:31 - Audio only. Wild sound. Men singing nigunim and Purim songs.
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00:29:50 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Copyright Date
1997
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