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.
Williamsburg street scenes. Hasidim on the subway.
00:00:35 - Williamsburg: Special express buses for Hasidim, street scenes under the elevated train tracks. Hasidim and others going into the subway, at Marcy Avenue station. Hasidim on the train. Hasidic men reading The New York Times, Yiddish newspaper. Views of Manhattan, including World Trade Towers, from windows of the train.
00:18:28 - Williamsburg: stores and store-keepers, shoppers. Yiddish and Hebrew signs. Wilson Street. Delivery truck for J & J kosher dairy products.
Williamsburg street scenes. Hasidim on the subway.
00:00:35 - Williamsburg: Special express buses for Hasidim, street scenes under the elevated train tracks. Hasidim and others going into the subway, at Marcy Avenue station. Hasidim on the train. Hasidic men reading The New York Times, Yiddish newspaper. Views of Manhattan, including World Trade Towers, from windows of the train.
00:18:28 - Williamsburg: stores and store-keepers, shoppers. Yiddish and Hebrew signs. Wilson Street. Delivery truck for J & J kosher dairy products.
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Subject
Duration
00:23:08 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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