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 scholar David Fishman. (Part 2)
00:00:22 - Interview with David Fishman: About how the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee secretly funded the underground Lubavitcher network in the USSR. About how Schneersohn encouraged young Jews to learn home-based crafts.
00:04:10 - About how Lubavitcher Hasidim believe in a metaphysical struggle between light and darkness. There must be Torah wherever there are Jews. This is the motivation for Chabad's present day missionary work in Russia.
00:05:39 - (No audio from here)
Interview with scholar David Fishman. (Part 2)
00:00:22 - Interview with David Fishman: About how the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee secretly funded the underground Lubavitcher network in the USSR. About how Schneersohn encouraged young Jews to learn home-based crafts.
00:04:10 - About how Lubavitcher Hasidim believe in a metaphysical struggle between light and darkness. There must be Torah wherever there are Jews. This is the motivation for Chabad's present day missionary work in Russia.
00:05:39 - (No audio from here)
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00:22:24 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Copyright Date
1997
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