Menachem Daum, Filmmaker Who Explored the World of Hasidim, Dies at 77

Menachem Daum, Filmmaker Who Explored the World of Hasidim, Dies at 77

Menachem Daum, a filmmaker who co-produced a groundbreaking 1997 documentary that illuminated the cloistered world of America’s Hasidim, died on Jan. 7 in a hospital near his home in Borough Park, Brooklyn. He was 77. His death was confirmed by Eva Fogelman, a friend and the author of a book about Christian rescuers of Jews … Read more