Work

• Daum, Menachem
• Oren Rudavsky

• 1994-02-24

• 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. Purim store in Brooklyn. Chanting of megillah (Scroll of Esther) on 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) in a Ger shtib (small Hasidic house of prayer) (Part 1) 2/24/1994 00:00:00 - Purim store with crowds of children and other customers buying costumes. Interview with boy who explains how Purim will be celebrated by the reading of the megillah. 00:10:21 - Additional interview with same boy about the store having a great selection of costumes and fire crackers. 00:11:14 - Costumes and other merchandise, customers. 00:13:12 - Interview with store owner or employee. 00:14:58 - (No audio) Street scene and front of store. 00:15:23 - (No audio) Outside Ger shtibl. 00:15:50 - (Partial audio) Inside Ger shtibl. Boys in costume and men gathering for the reading of the megillah . Chanting of the megillah. 00:22:34 - Audio only. Chanting of the megillah.

• Hasidim
• Hasidism
• Purim--Customs and practices
• Gur Hasidim
• Jews, American
• Orthodox Judaism

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

• Videotapes

• English
• Hebrew

• Daum, Menachem
• Oren Rudavsky

• A Life Apart: Hasidism in America

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• Moving Image

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