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Interview with Rabbi and Mrs. Lubart (5)
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Interview with Rabbi and Mrs. Lubart (5). Daum, Menachem. 1994. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194866.APA citation style
(1994). Interview with Rabbi and Mrs. Lubart (5). Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194866.Chicago citation style
Interview with Rabbi and Mrs. Lubart (5). Daum, Menachem. 1994. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194866.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
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- Footage from the 1997 documentary “A Life Apart: Hasidism in America” (directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky), the first in-depth documentary about Hasidic Jews, members of a distinctive group within Judaism that has roots in pre-World War II Eastern Europe. Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Lubart. (Part 5) 6/1/1994 00:00:11 - Interview with Rabbi Lubart: About Jews as second-class citizens in prewar Poland. In America, Jews have full civil rights. Government officials and candidates for political office visit Hasidic celebrations and to court the Hasidic vote. What Hasidim have achieved in America in 50 years is more than they accomplished in all the 200 previous years. America has the only humane, decent government in the entire world. (In Yiddish) 00:05:35 - Compares the lack of civil rights that African Americans had in America with the experience of Jews in prewar Poland, maintaining that Jews in Poland had it worse. 00:07:10 - Mrs. Lubart: About education of girls in Bais Yakov schools being focused on 3 values: modesty, respect, and kindness. The ultimate goal is for every woman to build a Jewish home. Example of charitable activities: her students raised $1000 for charity with a garage sale. About how women have some privileges and obligations but not others. Hasidic woman have "more than equal rights." (In English) 00:10:24 - Rabbi Lubart : an anecdote about beards, Smith Brothers cough drops, and policemen. (In Yiddish)
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