Yiddish - Language
Sun 25 Oct 2009
2009
October 2009
Sunday 25 October 2009
Sun 25 Oct, 2 pm. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. 6. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday, October 25th - Film During the late 1920s, many Jews searching for a better life made their way to Birobidzhan, the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region on the Chinese border. This 1934 Russian melodrama portrays the experiences of a family on a collective farm in Birobidzhan. (84 min.; Russian w/ English subtitles; restored by the National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University) 2 PM Cost: $6