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A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1998)

A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1998)

Family Documentary
Release Date: 1998, August 25
Directors: Oren Rudavsky, Menachem Daum
Cast: Leonard Nimoy, Sarah Jessica Parker

Overview:

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's most vital center in America. Both challenging and embracing American values, Hasidim seek those things which many Americans find most precious: family, community, and a close relationship to God. Integrating critical and analytical scholarship with a portrait of the daily life, beliefs, and history of contemporary Hasidic Jews in New York City, the film focuses on the conflicts, burdens, and rewards of the Hasidic way of life.

Keywords:

religion judaism hasidic judaism