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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 after World ...
- Introduction to Hasidism
The Hasidic way of life is visually and musically arresting,...
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A LIFE APART aims to present many aspects of American...
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A Life Apart is an important and respectful examination of...
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The founder of Hasidism, the Bal Shem Tov (1700-1760), saw it as a spiritual revival movement within Judaism based on prayer, joy, and charity. He emphasized the sanctity of all of life. In this informative and edifying documentary narrated by Leonard Nimoy and Sarah Jessica Parker, co-directors Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky trace the history of this separatist sect following its post ...
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America. 1997 1h 30m Documentary. 100% Tomatometer 6 Reviews. 65% Audience Score 500+ Ratings. Filmmakers Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky examine the religion's presence ...
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Music by. Yale Strom. Running time. 96 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. A Life Apart: Hasidism in America is 1997 American documentary film produced for PBS about Hasidic Judaism in America [1] produced and directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky, written by Daum and Robert Seidman, and narrated by Leonard Nimoy and Sarah ...
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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.
