its remarkable insight into the meanings of Yiddish words and expressions
has an influential radiance still
Yet by 1917 it was the dominant language of the Russian Jewish press
My Jewish Year travels through this calendar’s signposts with candor
Crossing borders and often oceans
American Matchmaker, from the archives of the National Center for Jewish Film DVD New Year its remarkable insight into theRESTORED with complete new English Subtitles Leo Fuchs, known on Second Avenue as the Yiddish Fred Astaire, plays an elegant and eligible bachelor who can never seem to close the marriage deal. Edgar G. Ulmers last Yiddish movie was also his most modern, an art deco romantic comedy about male ambivalence and Jewish assimilation. With its urbane, neurotic hero, American Matchmaker looks ahead to the films of Woody Allen. USA, 1940, 87 minutes, B&W