How to resolve AdBlock issue? SARATOGA SPRINGS —Saratoga Jewish Community Arts presents a Zoom panel discussion at 7 p.m. April 10 of The Yiddish Cinema, narrated by David Mamet.
Yiddish cinema, nurtured by way of Yiddish literature and theater, flourished between the two world wars in the 1920s and 30s. The film traces the history of the genre and the language, discussing the Holocaust’s decimation of European Jewry, Stalinist suppression of Jewish culture, and the New World’s demands for assimilation.
Using interviews, archival photographs, and film clips from The National Center for Jewish Film’s Yiddish feature films, it achieves a comprehensive view of its subject, and assigns equal importance to music and tradition, comedy and tragedy, actors, and directors. The film is narrated by David Mamet and directed by Rich Pontius.
Yiddish films produced from the 1920s to the 1940s in Poland and the United States reflect a wide spectrum of Jewish life – rich and poor, educated and illiterate, traditional and assimilationist. These films capture the atmosphere, concerns, values, and myths of the Yiddish experience as well as the unique flavor and nuances of the Yiddish mameloshen (mother tongue).
Registration is required in advance for the panel discussion at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Once registered, you will be sent the link to see the film (available a few days before the discussion) as well as the link to the zoom discussion. For more information, go to: www.saratogajwishculturalfestival.org.
