… has shown in a lifetime of work, the history of Jewish music is really a set of complex, interlocking histories. … The commercially-inspired music of the Yiddish-language film of the 1930s in Poland and the United States provides … Not intending to document a soon-to-vanish world, filmmakers and film composers deployed a number of myths, …

…  Directed by Joseph Green Classic Yiddish film from 1939 with music by Abe Ellstein . In this film music is integral to the development of the plot and in …

… Producer: Jochsberger, Tzipora Hebrew version   Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Virtual Cinema: … 3 … 3 … 9 … A People and Its Music, The Israel Music Heritage Project … A People and Its …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… prayers and songs of mourning Hebrew version Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Virtual Cinema: … 9 … A People and Its Music, The Israel Music Heritage Project … A People and Its …

… by Russ Karel   Yiddish talking cinema burst into the film scene after the release of the first talkie, The Jazz Singer in 1927. Over the next 13 years more than 300 films were made in Yiddish. In Almonds and Raisins (named … life.   Furthermore, many of these hundreds of films were musicals that prominently featured Yiddish music and Almonds …

… Media Player see: online catalogue of the Steven Spielberg Filmarchive Jerusalem (VT IM06 1-6) Moroccan musical based on Arabic melodies with Hebrew lyrics, filmed on location in Morocco and Israel focuses on poetry …

… Directed by Gili Gaon Film about Israeli musician Dudu Tassa and the music of his grandfather and … musicians in Iraq during the 1930s. More information on the film can be found at Ruth Diskin Films' Website .   The …