A Brivele Der Mamen (A Letter to Mother)

Classic Yiddish Film 2:00 pm Gratz College Auditorium A wonderful mix of intense melodrama and stylized comedy, this film is one of the last Yiddish films made in Poland before the Nazi invasion. It tells the story of a mother’s persistent efforts to support her family. While her husband lives in America, Dobrish struggles to care for her three children in pre-WWI Polish Ukraine. After her family is pulled apart by poverty and war, Dobrish and her family make their way to New York and turn to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in search of a brighter future. Released on September 14, 1939, this film opened to packed audiences at the Belmont Theater in New York. Hailed by the New York Times as one of the best Yiddish films to reach America, “A Letter