The Return: A Hasidic Experience

How it feels
This documentary follows American Jews who join the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community. It shows their experiences and the practices of the movement through narration by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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What happens
The Return: A Hasidic Experience is a 1979 American documentary film on the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement and the American Jews who become Hasidic. The film was entered in the 1981 American Film Festival where it was a awards finalist. The film was directed by Barry Ralbag and Yisrael Lifshutz. The film's narrator was Isaac Bashevis Singer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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