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Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust by Oren Rudavsky and Menachem Daum | Click to read the synopsis

Is it possible to heal wounds and bitterness passed down through generations? An Orthodox Jewish father tries to alert his adult sons to the dangers of creating impenetrable barriers between themselves and those outside their faith. He takes them on an emotional journey to Poland to track down the family who risked their lives to hide their grandfather for more than two years during World War II. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: August 30, 2005 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

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Behind the Lens: Filmmakers Oren Rudavsky and Menachem Daum

Menachem Daum responds to viewer questions about ethical wills, contemporary Jewish leaders, the cemetary project in Dzialoszyce, Poland, his future films and more.

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Hasidic man reading. A still from the film 'A Life Apart: Hasidism in America'

A LIFE APART

Hasidism started as a spiritual revival movement which emphasized prayer, joy and charity. Learn more about the Hasidic way of life in video clips from Oren Rudavsky and Menachem Daum's first film, the Emmy-nominated A Life Apart: Hasidism in America » 

Jerusalem, Wailing Wall and Dome of the Rock

FAITH AND "THE OTHER"

"Hiding and Seeking" poses critical questions for people of faith and secular society in the twenty-first century. Listen or read along to audio conversations with filmmaker Menachem Daum and scholar Rabbi Irving Greenberg in which we explore the challenging themes developed by the film.  » 

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Posted August 29, 2005

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