Yiddish - Language
Tue 14 Jul 2009
2009
July 2009
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Tue 14 Jul, 10 am. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. 6. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Tuesday, July 14th - Film This sophisticated film version of Jacob Gordin’s stage classic faithfully recreates Jewish life in turn-of-the-century Poland. Berta Gersten is memorable as Mirele, a wealthy, proud widow whose devotion to her children extends to hand-picking a wife for her eldest son. The resulting power struggle between the matriarch and her daughter-in-law for control over family and business explores the complexities of loyalty and pride. (B&W; Yiddish w/ English subtitles; 1939; 80 min.)