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A Life Apart: Hasidism in America

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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.

Directed byOren Rudavsky, Menachem Daum

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Released
Runtime
1h 36m
Language
EN
Released
August 25, 1998

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Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy

Narrator

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker

Narrator

Creative team
Directed by
Oren Rudavsky
Menachem Daum

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