Work

• Daum, Menachem
• Oren Rudavsky

• 1994-02-25

• Brooklyn College Library

• 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. Bobover Hasidim Celebrating Purim, Jewish 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 3). 2/25/1994 00:03:43 - (Partial audio) The tish (table) of the Bobover Rebbe. Kiddush (blessing over wine). Shots of men watching. A man slides over the table on his belly to get wine blessed by the Rebbe. Other men pour wine for themselves from the carafe. The Rebbe stands up to lead rousing singing and clapping. Crowd scenes. 00:17:27 - (Partial audio) Girls and women watching from the women's balcony. Men dancing and singing. Close-ups of people in the crowd, including boys and young men. 00:18:30 - (No audio) Stained-glass windows and exterior shots of the Bobover synagogue. 00:22:57 - (No audio) Dancing inside the Bobover synagogue and empty bleachers. Girls and women watch from the women's balcony. Men remove a festive wall hanging.

• Hasidim
• Hasidism
• Bobov Hasidim
• Dance, Jewish
• Purim--Customs and practices
• Orthodox Judaism
• Jews, American

• New York (State)--New York--Borough Park
• New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn

• Videotapes

• Yiddish
• Hebrew

• Daum, Menachem
• Oren Rudavsky

• A Life Apart: Hasidism in America

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• Moving Image

• https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194829 

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