This is a documentary from Borough Park, Brooklyn native Pearl Gluck. It is, on the surface, the story of her journey to Hungary to retrieve a family heirloom: a couch on which several important rabbis slept. But it also a tale about her Hasidic Jewish heritage, even though she left that lifestyle behind much to the disappointment of her father. We are witness to many customs and rituals of the Hasidic community in both Brooklyn, New York and abroad in Hungary. And we gain some insight into those that "slipped" from the strict practice of that religion.
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