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The Unfortunate Bride
… Directed by Maurice Schwartz This 1926 silent film was re-edited and had dialogue and music added to it in 1932. It's theme is similar to many other Yiddish films of that era. It is about the conflict between the …
Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… on the basis of German aesthetics, in this case poetic and musical. Dort wo die Zeder also shows how the Zionist … wo die Zeder has been profusely printed with and without musical notation and distributed orally since its original … only after more than three decades. [24] A documentary film about their story titled ‘Menachem & Fred’ by the …
This is How We Build Musical Instruments Made of Plants
… This film stars and is narrated by 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade … the children sing and dance with the instruments. Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish … … Instructional … Early Israel … This is How We Build Musical Instruments Made of Plants …
Tree of Life
… Directed by John Ferno This film, narrated by Laurence Olivier, contains performances of both secular and religious music in Israel. This includes praying at the Western Wall, … such as, Persian, Yemenite, and secular. … 9 … … 1971 … Musical traditions … Jewish cultural groups … Upsherin … …
Unataneh Tokef
… Directed by Yehuda Yaniv This film follows the premier of Yair Rosenblum's version of … Kippur war memorial service at Kibbutz Beith Hashita. The film leads up to the first performance of the song, sung by … Liturgy … Yom Kippur War … Contemporary Israeli Music … Israeli composers … Unetaneh Tokef … Unataneh Tokef …
Uncle Moses
… Directed by Sidney Goldin and Aubrey Scotto This 1932 film, based on Shalom Asch's novel, was one of the first American Yiddish films. It deals with many of the issues that occupied the … themes, especially the latter, are expressed through the music of the film. One example is the niggun that Uncle …
Wild Man Blues
… Directed by Barbara Kopple In this documentary film director Barbara Kopple follows Woody Allen on a rare … jazz band. One could raise the question whether this film is relevant to Jewish music or not. Its relevance can be found by looking over the …
Yiddish – The Mame Loshn (Yiddish - the Mother Tongue)
… its numbers have steeply decreased. This emmy-award winning film interviews American Yiddish speakers including actors … Different aspects of the culture are discussed such as film, poetry and music. There are a few scenes in the film where …
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
… Directed by Dan Katzir This film tells a dual tale. The first is of Zypora Spaisman, who … the 21st century and the hardships which that entailed. The film, shot over the last eight days of the year 2000, … Spaisman herself, Shifra Lerer who discusses and plays music of hers and her husband, Ben Zion Vitler, who helped …
Yippee
… Directed by Paul Mazursky Yippee is a documentary film directed by and starring American actor and director Paul Mazursky. In this film, for reasons which he cannot explain, Mazursky decides … fallback of the film is the lack of documentation of the music and prayers which accompany the festive holiday. In …