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 Martin Marty. (Part I) 00:00:00 - Interview with Martin Marty: About religious revival in general in America. About America as a place known both as a religious and godless place. About the appeal of the wisdom of the past.
00:04:16 - About how religious sects have influenced America at large and how Hasidism has influenced mainstream Judaism.
00:06:50 - About Hasidim as moral exemplars, as a "clearing in the woods," from whom others can learn.
00:08:46 - Hasidim as "witnesses." The same movements "attract and repel."
00:11:09 - Hasidim remind us that most religious striving has been communal, not lonely and individualistic.
00:15:19 - Fundamentalism is very much at home in the modern world. About the misconceptions of rationalists. Some comparisons with Christian fundamentalist groups.
Interview with scholar Martin Marty. (Part I) 00:00:00 - Interview with Martin Marty: About religious revival in general in America. About America as a place known both as a religious and godless place. About the appeal of the wisdom of the past.
00:04:16 - About how religious sects have influenced America at large and how Hasidism has influenced mainstream Judaism.
00:06:50 - About Hasidim as moral exemplars, as a "clearing in the woods," from whom others can learn.
00:08:46 - Hasidim as "witnesses." The same movements "attract and repel."
00:11:09 - Hasidim remind us that most religious striving has been communal, not lonely and individualistic.
00:15:19 - Fundamentalism is very much at home in the modern world. About the misconceptions of rationalists. Some comparisons with Christian fundamentalist groups.
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00:20:20 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Copyright Date
1997
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