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Almonds and Raisins
… Directed by Russ Karel Yiddish talking cinema burst into the film scene after the … Jazz Singer in 1927. Over the next 13 years more than 300 films were made in Yiddish. In Almonds and Raisins (named after a popular …
Bar Mitzvah
… of her son's bar mitzvah after a ten-year absence. Starring Yiddish theater superstar Boris Thomashefsky in his only … is a masterwork of shund, the bread and butter of the Yiddish theater. Description from and more information can … singing in the film Bar Mitzvah … 9 … … 1935 … Yiddish Films … Yiddish Theater … Yiddish songs … Yiddish … Boris …
Free voice of Labor: Jewish Anarchists
… history, the film also features quite a few revolutionaly Yiddish songs. The film also features a scene from the 1932 … … 9 … … 1980 … Ashkenazi … New York City … anarchist … Yiddish songs … Yiddish … Protest songs … Free voice of Labor: Jewish …
God, Man and Devil
… Directed by Joseph Seiden This Yiddish film brings the classic tale of Faust to the Shtetl. … Clip) from Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo . … 9 … … 1949 … Yiddish Films … Yiddish songs … Joseph Seiden … Film … Eastern …
Golden Voices of Israel
… some of which include female choruses, and scenes from films that the songs were taken from. For example, Moyshe … Oysher's version of Kol Nidrei is taken from the 1940 Yiddish film Overture to Glory. The Tracklist to the film …
His Wife's Lover
… His Wife's Lover (Zayn Vaybs Lubovnik) is a classic of Yiddish cinema and is about Eddie Wien (played by famous Yiddish stage actor Ludwig Satz) who dresses up as an old … for Jewish Film … 101 … 9 … … 1931 … Yiddish … Yiddish Films … Yiddish songs … Yiddish Theater … Sidney Goldin … …
Mazel Tov Yidden
… from the early 1940s presents the scenes and songs from Yiddish vaudeville and cinema. It compiles scenes from Joseph Seiden's films and presents them as a variety show, hosted by Larry … were composed by Shalom Secunda , an important composer of Yiddish songs in film and theater during the 1930s through …
Mothers of Today - Hayntige Mames
… Directed by Henry Lynn This film, starring Yiddish radio star Esther Field is about the deterioration … a touching version of Got Fon Avroham which is a prayer in Yiddish mostly commonly recited by women, a version of Kol … … 1939 … Yiddish Films … Yiddish songs … God of Abraham … Kol Nidre … New …
Our Children - Unzere Kinder
… Goskind This semi-documentary film (and Poland’s last Yiddish feature) features the comedy duo Szymon Dzigan and … Jewish Film at Brandeis University website . … 9 … … 1948 … Yiddish … Yiddish Films … Yiddish songs … Yiddish Theater … Poland … Holocaust …
Singing in the Dark
… by Max Nosseck This film is one of the first Hollywood films to deal with the Holocaust and starts cantor and star of the Yiddish cinema Moyshe Oysher in his only English language …