Underplayed Gems

The Return: A Hasidic Experience

The Return: A Hasidic Experience poster
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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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