A life apart Hasidism in America / a film by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky ; produced and directed by Menachem Daum and Orem Rudavsky ; written by Menachem Daum, Robert Seidman.

Publication | Library Call Number: DVD-0640

Relates the story of the creation of the Hasidic post-Holocaust communities in the United States.

Variant Title: Hasidism in America
Format: Video
Published: New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, c1997
Locale: United States
New York (State)
New York
New York (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Language: English

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Authors/Editors: Daum, Menachem.
Rudavsky, Oren.
Seidman, Robert.
Nimoy, Leonard.
Parker, Sarah Jessica.
First Run/Icarus Films.
Notes: Originally produced for television in 1997.

Includes PBS interview with directors, directors' commentary track, biographies.

Scriptwriter: Menachem Daum, Robert Seidman.

Narrated by Leonard Nimoy and Sarah Jessica Parker.

DVD.
Subjects: Hasidism--United States.
Hasidim--United States.
Hasidim--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.
Hasidism--New York (State)--New York.
Holocaust survivors--New York (State)--New York.
New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
Documentary films.
Availability
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