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Street scenes in Williamsburg on Purim

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Daum, Menachem, and Oren Rudavsky. Street Scenes In Williamsburg On Purim. Daum, Menachem. 1994. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194832.

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Daum, M., & Rudavsky, O. (1994). Street scenes in Williamsburg on Purim. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194832.

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Daum, Menachem, and Oren Rudavsky. Street Scenes In Williamsburg On Purim. Daum, Menachem. 1994. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194832.

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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. Street scenes in Williamsburg on Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrated in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre plotted by Haman, when it is customary for children dress up in costumes. 2/25/1993 00:00:27 - (No audio) Morning street scenes in Williamsburg: Hasidic men, women, children. Some children dressed in costume for Purim, including two dressed as white-bearded rebbes. 00:07:04 - Man going to or coming from morning prayer. Other men entering the entrance of what may be a shtibl, a small Hasidic house of prayer. More street scenes. Stores on Lee Avenue. 00:10:33 - Elevated subway train near Williamsburg Bridge and Peter Luger Steak House. Roebling Street. 00:12:50 - Children dressed as cows and bunnies. Store sign: "We specialize in Succah awnings." More street scenes. People unloading luggage from a bus. Police officer. Overpass over Brooklyn Queens expressway. Keap Street. 00:19:28 - Tall man in a costume. Child dressed as Fidel Castro. Child waving American flag. Three girls in identical coats.
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