A Glimpse into the Past - Compiled by Adopt-A-Kollel

[Music] you [Music] the Jewish neighborhood on the Lower East Side of New York in the early 1900's from our collection this is actually the oldest footage dating back to 1903 in the early 1900's the majority of the Eastside population was Jewish thousands of immigrants from Eastern Europe who had made the long trek to the United States escaping anti-semitism and poverty settled in the Lower East Side of New York note how the vendors weigh the fish on scales they then tear a piece of newspaper wrapped the fish and hand it to the customer [Music] Yiddish speaking Jews worked hard to make a living working in factories and as peddlers and salesmen in the neighborhoods bustling market as film was a novelty in its time we see many youngsters trying to get into the picture [Music] New York on Erev Pesach 1932 an Arab paisa the market is full of people shopping for food and wine pre-emptive [Music] one can see hundreds of people lining up for hey Luca or Montes [Music] this film was shot in 1913 during the time of the Ottoman Empire before the British took over what was then known as Palestine at that time the Turks controlled territory seen here Pesach in Yerushalayim 1913 many of the yidam of you shall I am dressed in their best empty clothing stream to the cosa I see them wearing their Strine look and thus far dim with their traditional clothing fill the narrow alleyway of the coastal [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this is a view of the COSO from above the hidden crowd together in the small area of the coastal and Armas Paulo [Music] the keber shimon hatzadik has shown there is a tradition among the Rochelle me hidden to go to the cab of shimon hatzadik who's referred to as mushy RA and shake necessary OVA his minogue is kept up to this very day febrile and Marisa muff Pella before nineteen twenty nine twelve hundred year lived in February [Music] with the consent of the British who ruled at the time the Moslems placed many restrictions on the Union who wanted ad abend numerous daily included was the infamous law barring hidden from proceeding higher than the seventh step this was punishable under the penalty of death celebrating Lag Ba'Omer in May rone 1935 going to the kefir a verb Shimon bar Yohai unlike Bo Homer is a tradition of old hidden living in Eretz Israel and surrounding areas used to make every effort to davin at the kefir a verb Shimon bar Yohai on the day of his yard site fires were lit and the crowds would dance and sing [Music] in 1936 the Emory a mess of gear visited Erik Israel the Emory amis served as the Rebbe of gear in the period between both world wars before escaping to Eretz Israel and settling in Yerushalayim in 1940 the Emory amis visited Eretz Israel and his custom living there numerous times [Music] in 1939 the Knesset mortify of Saudagar visited air to sorrow Sholem Yosef Freedman asada Guerra would send many of his Hassidim to settle an air to sorrow and many of them established kilos in different cities 1925 he visited our tutorial and in 1939 as seen in this video he visited the country again at the advice of his uncle Haas yacht owner Reba he settled in Tel Aviv and managed to bring his family to him in Eretz Israel before the outbreak of World War 2 [Music] the Rebbe visited a vineyard in Eretz Israel [Music] Jewish life in the Ukraine in the early 1900s before World War two a little more than a third of Ukraine's urban population consisted of Yeadon who were the largest national minority in the country [Music] here we see classic scenes of shtetl life hidden leaving the she locked eyes with their slaughtered poultry [Music] in the Ukrainian republic Yiddish was a state language along with Ukrainian and Russian [Music] the Jews in Ukraine suffered from anti-semitism pogroms and blood libel cases in 1915 the Ukrainian government expelled thousands of Jews from the Empire's borders areas during the Russian Civil War of 8 1918 to 1920 over 30,000 yidam were killed but with all the dangers and poverty Yiddish achelous flourished in the Ukraine hundreds of but image Russia's shiva's hadarom and community organizations filled the Jewish ghettos with terror and pheasant [Music] in 1930 Czechoslovakia had a population of over 350,000 yidam as can be seen in the video hidden on their way to shul for Shabbos Dominic wearing stream aloof and Tolleson [Music] Jewish life in Cracow 1930 before World War two over 50,000 jeden lived in Cracow this represented about 25 percent of the city's population [Music] [Applause] [Music] most of the Jewish population resided in the neighborhood at casimir ish although cassia marish was a poor area it was full of life and many of the wealthier Yeadon preferred to live there in order to be close to the many jewels in the background we can see the Isaac's shoe built in the Year 1644 as you can see the courtyard in front of the shul was used as a market place [Music] here a ballet gala starts his wagon while ash leper slurps his wares rebby Isaac Shore was built at the beginning of the 17th century by rabbi yitzhak Nicholas head of the Jewish community a synagogue built in the 16th century bears the name of the Roman rabbi moshe isalus one of the great Kota fires in the history of Judaism here he composed the mapa or the tablecloth to complement the Chicano rule of Rabbi Yosef Cairo from suffered and to adapt it to the customs of Ashkenazi Jewry the old cemetery next to the synagogue named after the Ramon here are very great rabbis of the period rabbi Yom Tov Lippmann Heller the great Communist rabbi yaakov Pola the kabbalist rabbi Nathania Shapiro and many others unlocked by Omer the anniversary of the remiz death thousands of Jews come from all over Poland to prostrate themselves upon his grave there are many synagogues in Krakow and they recall days of glory as well as days of massacre and heroism the Cooper shul the popper and the tall synagogue where the prayer hall has been built on the top floor for security reasons [Music] Michalka sure a synagogue built in the 14th century in the shape of a fortress the oldest synagogue in Poland [Music] but when Sabbath comes rest comes to the Jewish district of casinos business stops and the shops closed the Jews hurry to the prayer houses in silken capataz her heads crowned with Stremme Allah this is how they go to Sabbath prairies de Chavez de Chavez [Music] fader kinder and yeshiva bokram children help prepare for circus by schlepping the stuff [Music] Jewish life and lodge approximately a quarter of a million edan were living in lodge before the Second World War this comprised approximately a third of the city's population the area was full of Jewish shops and businesses one can see Porter's with ropes on their backs lugging items and horse-drawn wagons delivering merchandise Lodge was known as a City of Industry and many of the iddyn there made a living working in the textile trade there were many key healers in the city which included a large number of Ksyusha groups each key hila had its own shoe her clothes and set up theta or yeshiva were young talmidim would learn [Music] Jewish life in love of live of which was also known as Lemberg had approximately a hundred and ten thousand yen living there on the eve of World War two this comprised about a third of the city's population and this was the third largest Jewish community in Poland [Music] people are heading home after a day's work wrapped in hats and coats due to the cold weather [Music] the man wearing the scarf is the one who took this clip this is where the residents of the city would come to shop for groceries [Music] the audacity fuels may be fatal [Music] they're free supplements Naga [Music] Jewish life in Warsaw in the years before World War two Warsaw was a major Center for yidam and for Yiddish Kyte in Poland it had a Jewish population of over 350,000 hidden making it the largest Jewish community in Europe these scenes show the main street of the Jewish quarter of Warsaw hidden can be seen interacting in business peddlers pushing carts full of products and people carrying baskets of merchandise [Music] this is rare colored footage filmed in Warsaw in the summer of 1939 just a few weeks before the invasion of Poland by Germany which started World War two [Music] [Applause] [Music] children can be seen trying to get into the picture while some adults cover their faces [Music] [Applause] [Music] the shtetl of kobish of in galicia 1930 an automobile is not a regular sight in this shtetl and we can see many children excitingly run after it [Music] this is the base Meldrick of the shtetl [Music] one can see the words painted above the entrance the vase elokim how they flourish [Applause] the schlock toys people bring their chickens to have them shafted by the Charlotte [Music] later boys accompanied by the Malamud walking out of the basement rich [Music] the market day in khopesh of here one can buy food goods and animals [Music] people are checking the animals to determine their value [Music] the shtetl of zed the shou in galicia 1935 later boys posing for the picture the water carrier jest drew water from the well and is ready to distribute it in the shtetl Bialystok 1939 there were two main jewels in Bialystok the old shoe known as the alte shoe and the great shul known as the graces shoe in 1939 close to 45,000 hidden living by allah stock this represented almost half of the city's population around the two main but imagery shows there were many small flat image rushes and closin Tama Tara's and you Shiva's famous among them is the base Yosef yeshiva the branch of the great yeshiva of Navarre dick [Music] which is master from the left it's saying that you are the guy's teacher Center for mystical into the Shan artists too thick Fernanda despite the Busan disrespect appellant asked if realistic homeless phenomena containing little slots on each tell me that again in English and cut out the sniffing Ellis Island was care to the 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