A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
1998, English. Directed by Menachem Daum & Oren Rudavsky.
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.
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- 1h 36m
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- English
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A Life Apart: Hasidism in America is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Chai Flicks in India.
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- 25 August 1998
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A Life Apart: Hasidism in America runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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A Life Apart: Hasidism in America is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Chai Flicks in India. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Life Apart: Hasidism in America?
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1998) was directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky and stars Leonard Nimoy, Sarah Jessica Parker.