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A 90-minute film, A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, is the first in-depth documentary about a distinctive, traditional Eastern European religious community. In an historic migration...
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America: Directed by Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky. With Leonard Nimoy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zeldy Abromowitz, Yaffa Eliach. Hasidic Jews seem alien, and even hostile, to those outside their culture,which frequently includes other Jews.
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- Documentary
- Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
- 1997-11
Overview. The film covers the lives of American Hasidic communities by tracing their roots in pre-War Europe, the near-extinction of their communities during the Holocaust, and the difficulties they faced when they began settling in America.
English. 96 Minutes. A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, is the first in-depth documentary about a distinctive, traditional Eastern European religious community. In an historic migration after World War II, Hasidism found it most vital center in America.
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America. Full Description. The Hasidic movement started in 18th-century Europe, stressing joy and ecstatic faith, in opposition to the orthodoxy of the time. This is the first documentary to present an in-depth, historically accurate portrait of America's Hasidic community.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, this groundbreaking documentary was among the first American films to offer a full, distinctive, inside look at the Hasidic Jewish communities that found their most vital enclaves in America after mass migrations post–World War II.
The first in-depth documentary about a distinctive, traditional Eastern European religious community. in a historic migration after World War II, Hasidism found its most vital center in America. Both challenging and embracing American values, Hasidism seeks those things which many Americans find most precious: family, community and a close ...
