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Yiddish – The Mame Loshn (Yiddish - the Mother Tongue)
… Stone and Pierre Sauvage Produced by Pierre Sauvage Yiddish used to be a language that was spoken by over ten … decreased. This emmy-award winning film interviews American Yiddish speakers including actors and comedians, such as … include the singing of the Yiddish alpha bet, scenes from films (such as Tevye, Maurice Schwartz's 1939 adaptation of …

Unintentional History: Musical Moments in 1930s Yiddish Films
… of Jewish life. The commercially-inspired music of the Yiddish-language film of the 1930s in Poland and the United … statement: images of people praying and fiddling. … 23259 … Yiddish … Yiddish Films … Jewish music … Yiddish songs … Film music … Film … …
Goldfaden's Legacy: The Origins of Yiddish Theater
… Jewish population, as well as the influence of the New York Yiddish Theater on popular American culture. The film touches on modern revivals of popular Yiddish theater productions, specifically the activity of the Folksbiene in New York, Yiddishpiel in Tel Aviv, and the Avram Goldfaden …
A letter to mother - A Brivele der Mamen
… Directed by Joseph Green Classic Yiddish film from 1939 with music by Abe Ellstein . In this … a Passover seder is also featured and a few non-religious Yiddish songs are sung during the course of the film. More … 9 … 34253 … … Pesach … Niggunim … 1939 … Yiddish … Yiddish Films … Joseph Green … Passover … Abraham Ellstein … Niggun …
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 …

Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
… is of Zypora Spaisman, who dedicated her life to keeping Yiddish theater and culture alive into the 21st century and … eight days of her production of Peretz Hirschbein's 1916 Yiddish play, Grine Felder (Green Fields). These eight days … Hirshbein) Trailer to the film : … 9 … 34128 … Katzir Films, New Love Productions … … 2006 … Yiddish Theater … …

Le Blues du Yiddish
… by Sylvie Anne Goldberg and Alex Szalat This film is about Yiddish culture in Paris. The soundtrack features Yiddish songs and there are also performances of songs such … de la Cinématographie - Images de la Culture … … 2005 … Yiddish songs … Yiddish … French … Diaspora … Paris … …
Paul Muni (Weisenfreund)
… Austria in 1895. Muni's parents, both actors in a traveling Yiddish repertory company, immigrated to America in 1899. As … after which he was recruited to join Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theater Company. Muni often performed at the … a contract with Fox Studios, but after producing only two films, The Valiant and Seven Faces , he returned to the …
Great Cantors of the Golden Age, Great Cantors in Cinema
… Documentary. 2 DVDs, 147 min., B&W/color, Hebrew, Yiddish & English with English subt. Directed by Rich … Great Cantors of the Golden Age includes highlights from Yiddish filmmaker Joseph Seiden’s 1931 film The Voice of … Ircho' by Moshe Koussevitsky; 'Yarhzeit' and 'Yiddishe Mamma' by Yossele Rosenblatt. … 6 … 6 … re-release …
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 …