**The Shtetl In Yiddish Literature And Film ** From the Yiddish meaning small town, the word shtetl nowadays conveys a romantic image of traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe, evocative of **_Tevye’s Anatevka_** __from Fiddler on the Roof. But what was the reality? The small Jewish market towns of the Pale of Settlement were fraught […]
**The Shtetl In Yiddish Literature And Film ** From the Yiddish meaning small town, the word shtetl nowadays conveys a romantic image of traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe, evocative of **_Tevye’s Anatevka_** __from Fiddler on the Roof. But what was the reality? The small Jewish market towns of the Pale of Settlement were fraught […]
**The Shtetl In Yiddish Literature And Film ** From the Yiddish meaning small town, the word shtetl nowadays conveys a romantic image of traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe, evocative of **_Tevye’s Anatevka_** __from Fiddler on the Roof. But what was the reality? The small Jewish market towns of the Pale of Settlement were fraught […]
**Fiddler on the Roof: From the Pale of Settlement to the Broadway Stage** Explore the world of Sholem Aleichem, the man whose stories inspired the Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof. Begin the journey by reading The Railroad Stories and consider what kind of world Sholem Aleichem inhabited. Read the tales of Tevye the Dairyman […]
Yiddish music has seen our people through thick and thin. It laughs and dances with us. It weeps with and comforts us. It fills our hearts with a spirit of joy and resilience no matter the challenges of the times. Come drink in the best of Klezmer and Yiddish music as true masters from New […]
**Join one of the Hebrew Classes with Dorit, to determine what level and for additional information, please call 248.205.2557** **Tuition: $70** **** **Mondays Mini-Spring dates: 5/6/2024, 5/13/2024, 5/20/2024, 6/3/2024** **HEBREW 2 – Spring Mini-course – Mondays 9:30 AM** – **10:45 AM** **HEBREW 4 – Spring Mini-course – Mondays 11:00 AM** – **12:15 PM** **HEBREW 8 […]
**Join one of the Hebrew Classes with Dorit, to determine what level and for additional information, please call 248.205.2557** **Tuition: $70** **** **Mondays Mini-Spring dates: 5/6/2024, 5/13/2024, 5/20/2024, 6/3/2024** **HEBREW 2 – Spring Mini-course – Mondays 9:30 AM** – **10:45 AM** **HEBREW 4 – Spring Mini-course – Mondays 11:00 AM** – **12:15 PM** **HEBREW 8 […]
**Join one of the Hebrew Classes with Dorit, to determine what level and for additional information, please call 248.205.2557** **Tuition: $70** **** **Mondays Mini-Spring dates: 5/6/2024, 5/13/2024, 5/20/2024, 6/3/2024** **HEBREW 2 – Spring Mini-course – Mondays 9:30 AM** – **10:45 AM** **HEBREW 4 – Spring Mini-course – Mondays 11:00 AM** – **12:15 PM** **HEBREW 8 […]
**Join one of the Hebrew Classes with Dorit, to determine what level and for additional information, please call 248.205.2557** **Tuition: $70** **** **Mondays Mini-Spring dates: 5/6/2024, 5/13/2024, 5/20/2024, 6/3/2024** **HEBREW 2 – Spring Mini-course – Mondays 9:30 AM** – **10:45 AM** **HEBREW 4 – Spring Mini-course – Mondays 11:00 AM** – **12:15 PM** **HEBREW 8 […]
**Free with Detroit Historical Museum admission! **Help us celebrate our ongoing exhibit, “In the Neighborhood,” with the Yiddish film classic, _Uncle Moses _(1932). **Includes brand-new English subtitles. ** When poverty and persecution compel his Polish _landsmen_ to leave their shtetl, “Uncle” Moses, the crude and lusty former butcher, welcomes them to the promised land of […]
**75 Minutes | Documentary | USA | English** **Produced under the aegis of The National Center for Jewish Film** **Director: John Lollos / Narrator: Alan Alda** Portraits of two beloved icons–Sholom Aleichem and Theodore Bikel–are woven together in the enchanting documentary, **_Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem_** , which combines Bikel’s charismatic storytelling […]
Running Time: 75 minutes Director: John Lollos Language: English, Yiddish Portraits of two icons–Sholom Aleichem and Theodore Bikel–are woven together in this engaging documentary. Oscar-nominee Theodore Bikel’s luminous career, with over 150 screen roles and countless stage productions, was the foremost interpreter of Sholom Aleichem’s work having played Tevye the Milkman 2,000+ times. Narrated by […]
