Yiddish - Language
Sun 5 Apr 2009
2009
April 2009
Sunday 5 April 2009
Sun 5 Apr, 2 pm. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. 8. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday, April 5th - Film Two friends make a sacred pact pledging their newborn children, Rachel and Mendel, in marriage. Years pass, Rachel's father dies, and the two children, knowing nothing of their fathers' pledge, meet for the first time and fall in love. Made in 1937, The Vow captures authentic scenes of Jewish shtetl life. (B&W; Yiddish w/ new English subtitles; 82 min.)