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Ben Zion Horowitz at work as appraiser/Interview with Ben Zion Horowitz (3)/Interview with Michal Springer (1)
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Ben Zion Horowitz At Work As Appraiser/interview with Ben Zion Horowitz (3)/interview with Michal Springer (1). Daum, Menachem. 1994. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194923.APA citation style
(1994). Ben Zion Horowitz at work as appraiser/Interview with Ben Zion Horowitz (3)/Interview with Michal Springer (1). Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194923.Chicago citation style
Ben Zion Horowitz At Work As Appraiser/interview with Ben Zion Horowitz (3)/interview with Michal Springer (1). Daum, Menachem. 1994. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194923.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 Ben Zion Horowitz, a Bobover Hasid, as he drives his car .(Part 3) Interview with Michal Springer, a rabbinic chaplain in a hospital. (Part 1) 10/13/1994 Terms you may encounter: Daven: Pray Gemara: The part of the Talmud that contains commentaries on the Mishnah, the Oral Law Learn: In this context, study Talmud Negelvaser: Ritual handwashing performed first thing in the morning Simkheh: Celebration, festive event Tishebov: The fast day commemorating the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem 00:00:07 - Interview with Ben Zion Horowitz as he drives a car: About how his wife gives their children a good education at home, is a great story-teller. About the wife is "the pillar of the house," responsible for educating the children. About the large families in the Hasidic community. About how they don't think too far ahead because they expect the messiah to come soon. About his awareness of a lawsuit involving Andy Warhol, for professional reasons only. About his disapproval of television and movies as a bad influence on children and a waste of time but sometimes he watches a movie. 00:06:20 - About how he feels that non-Orthodox Jews are making a mistake about how they are raising their children. His wife was raised Satmar and regards herself as Neturei Karta but this is too extreme for him. About the differences between Hungarian and Polish Jews: Hungarian Jews are more stern. About how one learns more about the world after coming out of yeshiva, after getting married. Because of his exposure to the art world, he is more open than most other Hasidim. 00:11:10 - (No audio) Ben Zion in car. 00:13:36 - Additional interview of Ben Zion Horowitz as he drives: About how he has revered the Bobover Rebbe since childhood, as a father figure. About how pushing and shoving is a sign of love for the Rebbe. 00:17:57 - Interview with Michal Springer: About working as a chaplain in a hospital and an encounter with a Satmar Hasid who wanted her to help him put on tefillin. 00:22:31 - (Audio only) Audio extensions from interview with Ben Zion Horowitz about the art market, disciplining children, German Jews in Washington Heights.
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