Welcome to the Waks Family
Welcome to the Waks Family is a 2003 Australian documentary film exploring the life of a Chabad Hasidic family in Melbourne. The film follows the life of Zephaniah and Haya Waks and their 17 children. Zephaniah was born Stephen Waks and lived as a secular Jew in Sydney, Australia, before joining the Chabad Hasidic community. The documentary was directed by filmmaker who was a friend of Zephania while they both studied at university. The film was screened on the SBS television channel.[1][2][3]
See also[]
- Chabad in film and television
References[]
- ^ "Welcome to the Waks Family". jfi.org.
- ^ "Welcome to the Waks Family". The Age. 2004-03-18. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Welcome to the Waks Family". NFSA Online Shop.
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- Australian documentary film stubs
- Films about Orthodox and Hasidic Jews
- Films about Chabad
- Australian films