Yekhiel Yeshaye Trunk was a Yiddish writer, researcher of the history of Polish Jewry and editor of many books.
Full biography at The YIVO Encyclopedia Jews in Eastern Europe (Author: Jan Schwarz)
Zalman Reisen was a philologist of the Yiddish language, a historian of literature, an editor and translator into Yiddish, a biographer, author of textbooks, a literary critic, a writer and a journalist.
His most important work is the complete lexicon of Yiddish writers. In addition, he is one of the founders of the YIVO Institute.
His brother ia the author and poet Avraham Reyzen.
Directed by Dan Katzir
Directed 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 as, David Meyerovitz's Vos Geven is Geven Un Mito and Jennie Goldstein and Morris Rund's Ikh Bin a Mame. Both are performed by Talila, the Jewish French singer and actress.
Directed by Cordelia Stone and Pierre Sauvage
Produced by Pierre Sauvage