Immigrants

Directed by Joseph Seiden

Film about the hardships of Jewish immigrants in New York City during the 1930s.

Excerpt from the film:

Adapted from a lecture given at the 14th WCJS, 2005, this article is not a conclusive statement of findings but rather as a provisional report of research currently being done on Ashkenazi prayer nusach in Israeli synagogues. A few examples of musical change are given and analyzed in terms of their musical and social meaning. The wider context of the encounter between eastern and western European traditions in Israel is also referred to.

This book provides an illustrated world history of the Yiddish theatre covering five continents and more than 300 years

Documentary. 28 min.
Beer Sheva's chamber orchestra is comprised primarily of Russian Jewish immigrants. The film documents the establishment of the orchestra, the attitudes of citizens of Beer Sheva and the feelings of the musicians about their new life in Israel.

Documentary. English.
Director, script, editor: Tlalim, Asher
Executive Producer: Jochsberger, Tzipora

Music of Yemenite Jews without musical instruments, men's songs, Achinoam Nini's Hinna and Wedding ceremony, the Hoshana Raba service at a Yemenite synagogue, video clip of Ofra Haza
Hebrew version

A ...look at the musical world of immigrant Jews, who, in finding and creating an expressive medium for self-identity, helped shape and give life to American popular culture (from "Ethnomusicology")