Hiding and Seeking (2004)

Directed by

Oren Rudavsky, Menachem Daum

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Orthodox Jewish man disturbed by a rabbi's hateful sermon tries to challenge intolerance within his own community. He travels to Israel to talk with his adult sons about the ethical lessons they should carry forward from the Holocaust.

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What happens

Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust is a 2004 American documentary film about Menachem Daum, an Orthodox Jew and son of Holocaust survivors who has spent his life interviewing survivors about the impact of the Holocaust on their lives. After hearing a disturbing tape of a rabbi preaching "hatred" of non-Jews, Daum attempts to raise an outcry in his Brooklyn Orthodox community. When ignored by the media and community leaders, Daum decides to fly to Israel to discuss the matter with his two sons, concerned with the "ethical legacy" he is responsible for leaving them. Hiding and Seeking was produced, written, and directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky and aired on PBS's Point of View series in 2005. It has been met with high critical praise, receiving a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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