Plain pine box / Producer, writer, Carolyn Kresky ; director, Walter Stuart.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kresky, Carolyn., Producer, Author.

Stuart, Walter., Director.

Alden Films., Distributor.

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies--Minnesota--Minneapolis.

Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies.

Chevra Kevod Hamet (Minnetonka, Minn.).

Jews--Minnesota--Minneapolis.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 min.) : sound, color.

Place of Publication:

Clarksburg, N.J. : Alden Films, [1981?]

System Details:

digital

Summary:

In response to the expense of the American funeral, and to the distancing that the larger society gives to death, a congregation in Minneapolis decides to follow the Conservative Jewish practice of Taharah (preparation of the body for burial) as well as the humanizing aspects of Judaism in its involvement with both the living and deceased. Also describes the Chevra Kadisha.

Participant:

Narrator: James Walker.

Notes:

Originally presented in 1979 as a segment of the ABC News television series Directions.

Description based on VHS version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Other Format:

VHS version Plain pine box

OCLC:

45640484

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.