Directed by Natan Gross
Directed by Natan Gross
This film shows and explains different Jewish customs. Among the customs shown are children singing the Shem'a over a babies cradle. That is a common custom in Poland and Ukraine. Additionally, there is a wedding ceremony of Eastern European Jews.
Film located at the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
Directed by Joseph Seiden
This Yiddish film brings the classic tale of Faust to the Shtetl. It is about a pious man who makes a deal with the devil and the downward spiral that he is led down. Music plays a major part in the film, most notably the fiddle playing motive that appears at various points.
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 addition to the film's central melody that acts as a leitmotif throughout the film, a Passover seder is also featured and a few non-religious Yiddish songs are sung during the course of the film.
1. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Sher
2. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Mazltov
3. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Sher
4. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Alvavo Rab bo Shteyger
5. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Alvavo Rab bo Shteyger
6. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Shir Ha-Ma lois
This is a standard version of the four questions of the Seder, sung in the learning formula of the East European Heder and common among the Hasidim. The first version is in Hebrew only, and the second juxtaposes the Hebrew and the Yiddish versions, phrase by phrase.
A collection of anecdotes relating to the Yiddish theater and its star actors.
This book includes articles and anecdotes about Yiddish theater. A second edition was published by the National Yiddish Book Center in 2000.
