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  1. Directly and by comparison, A LIFE APART considers issues in the history and sociology of religion. The history of Hasidism illuminates the periodic pendulum of similar religious revivals and ...

  2. Another primary distinction of Hasidism is the social and spiritual role of the rebbe. At once a community leader and a zaddik, or holy man, the rebbe acts as a ladder between man and God, and is ...

  3. Just as this border marks the boundaries of the sacred community, so distinctions in language, dress, hairstyle, and demeanor serve Hasidim as personal boundaries, protecting the separation of an ...

  4. In a series of beautifully shot, startlingly intimate interviews, the stunning documentary "A Life Apart: Hasidism in America" presents a series of Hasidic families and individuals, definitively ...

  5. An Inside Look at 'Hasidism in America'. Friday, October 31, 1997. Edward Guthmann, Chronicle Staff Critic. A LIFE APART: Hasidism in America: Documentary. Directed by Menachem Daum and Oren ...

  6. New York Times, July 25, 1997. The documentary "A Life Apart: Hasidism in America" begins and ends with the complex spectacle of a big, ritualized wedding within the world of Hasidic Jews. It's a ...

  7. The first additional clip featured in the Hiding and Seeking website is from filmmakers Oren Rudavsky and Menachem Daum's first film, the Emmy-nominated A Li...

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