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A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1997) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Menachem Daum
Oren Rudavsky

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Menachem Daum
Robert Seidman

Cast (in credits order)  

Leonard Nimoy ... Self - Narrator (voice)
Sarah Jessica Parker ... Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Zeldy Abromowitz Zeldy Abromowitz ... Self
Yaffa Eliach Yaffa Eliach ... Self (as Prof. Yaffa Eliach)
Chips Gold Chips Gold ... Self
Esther Gold Esther Gold ... Self
Jack Gold Jack Gold ... Self
Samuel Heilman Samuel Heilman ... Self (as Prof. Samuel Heilman)
Arthur Hertzberg Arthur Hertzberg ... Self (as Prof. Arthur Hertzberg)
Ben Zion Horowitz Ben Zion Horowitz ... Self
Nuta Kaufman Nuta Kaufman ... Self
Malke Klein Malke Klein ... Self
Beryl Lazar Beryl Lazar ... Self
Chanie Lazar Chanie Lazar ... Self
Mayer Schiller Mayer Schiller ... Self
Michal Springer Michal Springer ... Self (as Rabbi Michal Springer)

Produced by 

Menachem Daum ... producer
Martin Dornbaum ... associate producer
Sari Fensterheim ... associate producer
Immy Humes ... associate producer
Arnold Labaton ... executive producer
Oren Rudavsky ... producer

Music by 

Yale Strom

Cinematography by 

Oren Rudavsky

Editing by 

Ruth Schell

Sound Department 

Felix Andrew ... additional sound
Paul Bang ... additional sound
Noah Baron ... sound syncist
Gautam Choudhury ... sound
Greg Faust ... sound syncist
John Gurrin ... additional sound (as Jon Gurrin)
Judy Karp ... additional sound
Brian Langman ... assistant sound editor
Mathew Price ... additional sound (as Matthew Price)
Jeff Pullman ... additional sound (as Jeffrey Pullman)
Steven Robinson ... additional sound
William Sarokin ... sound
Ed Shippe ... sound syncist
Matthew Sigal ... sound
Stuart Stanley ... sound editor
Reilly Steele ... sound mixer
Steve Syarto ... sound syncist (as Steve Sayarto)
Tom Yore ... additional sound
Stephen Zelonka ... additional sound
Eric Strausser ... first assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Joe Arcidiacono ... assistant camera
Gary Becker ... still photographer
Moishe Ben-Yaish ... assistant camera
Wayne De la Roche ... additional camera operator (as Wayne de la Roche)
Martin Dornbaum ... additional camera operator
Samuel M. Henriques ... assistant camera (as Sam Henriquez)
Eugene Marner ... additional camera operator
Mark Peterson ... additional camera operator
Robert Sands ... assistant camera
Mariya Solovyova ... additional camera operator (as Masha Soloviona)
Renato Tonelli ... additional camera operator
James Williams ... assistant camera
David Eubank ... first assistant camera: New York (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Dave Pultz ... color timer (as David Pultz)
Sari Fensterheim ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department 

Ishmael Butera ... musician: accordion
Mark Dresser ... musician: bass
Norbert Stachel ... musician: clarinet, saxophone, piccolo, kavel
Stuart Stanley ... music editor
Yale Strom ... musician: violin
David Werdyger ... vocalist

Additional Crew 

Uri Abramov ... production support
Janet Belcove-Shalin ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Janet Belcove-Shalin)
Beverly Berkowitz ... production support
Anne Braude ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Anne Braude)
Elisa Chavez ... sponsor
Adrienne Cooper ... production support
Vincent Crapanzano ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Vincent Crapanzano)
Rifka Daum ... bookkeeper (as Rifke Daum)
Donald Derosby ... sponsor (as Don Derosby)
Joseph Dorman ... production support
Yaffa Eliach ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Yaffa Eliach)
Robert Forman ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Robert Forman)
Faye Ginsberg ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Faye Ginsberg)
Marina Gonzalez ... sponsor
Arthur Green ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Arthur Green)
Jonathan Grupper ... production support
Lis Harris ... advisor: NEH
Samuel Hellman ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Samuel Hellman)
Immy Humes ... production support
Gershon Hundert ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Gershon Hundert)
Julia Ivanova ... production associate: Russia/Ukraine
Lillian Jiménez ... sponsor (as Lillian Jimenez)
Holly Kempner ... titles
Ellen Koskoff ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Ellen Koskoff)
George Kranzler ... advisor: NEH (as Professor George Kranzler)
Jack Kugelmass ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Jack Kugelmass)
Karen Lipschitz ... production support
Martin Marty ... advisor: NEH (as Professor Martin Marty)
Joe Monge ... video support
George Neirenberg ... advisor: NEH
Roberta Newman ... archival researcher
Fred Noriega ... advisor: WNET
Velvel Pasternak ... advisor: NEH
Tammy Robinson ... advisor: WNET
Domenic Rom ... video support
Alla Savranskaia ... production support
Elinor Schull ... production support (as Elinor Schull Meeks)
Rochel Semp ... production support
Jerri Shephard ... representative: National Endowment for the Humanities
Barbara Sirota ... representative: National Endowment for the Humanities
Richard Skeete ... blow-up
Sergei Zerik ... production associate: Russia/Ukraine

Thanks 

Zeldy Abramowitz ... special thanks
Moshe Aftergood ... special thanks
Zalmen Alpert ... special thanks
Yankel Berger ... special thanks
Moshe Yehuda Berkowitz ... special thanks (as Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Berkowitz)
Sheya Berkowitz ... special thanks
Chaski Besser ... special thanks (as Rabbi Chaski Besser)
Shlomo Carlebach ... special thanks (as Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach)
Joad Cohn ... special thanks
Corrinne Collett ... special thanks (as Corrine Collette)
Akiva Daum ... special thanks
Naomi Daum ... special thanks
Sender Deutsch ... special thanks (as Rabbi Sender Deutsch)
Bob Dish ... special thanks
Rose Dobrof ... special thanks (as Dr. Rose Dobrof)
Ayala Feder ... special thanks
Yankel Feurer ... special thanks (as Rabbi Yankel Feurer)
David Fishman ... special thanks (as Professor David Fishman)
Hertz Frankel ... special thanks (as Rabbi Hertz Frankel)
Moshe Friedlander ... special thanks (as Moishe Friedlander)
Avrom Friedman ... special thanks (as Rabbi Avrom Friedman)
Chaim Tzvi Garfinkel ... special thanks (as Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Garfinkel)
Pearl Gluck ... special thanks
Henya Gottesman ... special thanks
Idy Grunbaum ... special thanks
Naftali Halberstam ... special thanks (as Rabbi Naftali Halberstam)
Arthur Hertzberg ... special thanks (as Professor Arthur Hertzberg)
Judy Katz ... special thanks
Nuta Kaufman ... special thanks
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett ... special thanks (as Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimlett)
Chaim Klein ... special thanks
Makle Klein ... special thanks
Chaim Kompel ... special thanks
David Kranzler ... special thanks (as Professor David Kranzler)
Moishe Levertov ... special thanks
Beryl Levine ... special thanks (as Rabbi Beryl Levine)
Ruthie Lichtenstien ... special thanks
Jerome Mintz ... special thanks
Harry R. Moody ... special thanks
Elimelech Naimen ... special thanks
Yehuda Nir ... special thanks (as Dr. Yehuda Nir)
Daniel B. Polin ... special thanks (as Daniel Polin)
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi ... special thanks (as Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)
Mayer Schiller ... special thanks
Chaya Schron ... special thanks
Robert Seltzer ... special thanks (as Professor Robert Seltzer)
Yankel D. Shulman ... special thanks
Richard Smigielski ... special thanks
Chaim Snow ... special thanks
Dina Spira ... special thanks
Yitzchak Spira ... special thanks
Brooke Stevens ... special thanks
Ruti Teitel ... special thanks
Aaron Twerski ... special thanks (as Professor Aaron Twerski)
Jeffrey Yas ... special thanks
Carolyn Zablotny ... special thanks

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