Author : Sylvia Paskin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis When Joseph Met Molly by : Sylvia Paskin
Download or read book When Joseph Met Molly written by Sylvia Paskin and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Yiddish film was more than just film in the Yiddish language, it was a medium in which tradition clashed with modernity, notably in the films where Molly Picon was the actor and Joseph Green the director. In the West, Yiddish film was at the same time the medium through which the immigrant generation could recall their East European life and the bridge to life beyond the shtetl." "Important as Yiddish film was in recording this vanished world of East European Jewry, its impact deserves more than a footnote in film history. In this first ever Reader, an international cast of academics and film writers examine aspects of Yiddish film, from the documentary films on Jewish life before the Holocaust to the cross-dressing of Molly Picon." --Book Jacket.