Welcome to the Waks Family

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Welcome to the Waks Family
Directed byBarbara Chobocky
Written byJeff Bruer [1]
Barbara Chobocky
Produced byBarbara Chobocky
Rod Freedman [2]
Starring Manny Waks
Avi Yemini
Narrated byBarbara Chobocky
CinematographyJeff Bruer [1]
Rocco Fasano
Nicholas Sherman
Release date
  • 2003 (2003) [3]
Running time
52 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Welcome to the Waks Family is a 2003 Australian documentary film exploring the life of a Chabad Hasidic family in Melbourne. [1] The film follows the life of Zephaniah and Hava Waks and their 17 children, including Manny and Avi. 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 Barbara Chobocky who was a friend of Zephaniah while they both studied at university. The film was screened on the SBS television channel. [4] [5] [3]

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