Product Details

• Directors: Andrew Goldberg
• Producers: Andrew Goldberg
• Format: NTSC, Full Screen
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 10000
• Studio: Two Cats Productions
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0012XP27U
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,806 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

In A Yiddish World Remembered, the story of Jewish life in Eastern Europe is brought to life again by some of the remaining eyewitnesses. Narrated by Academy Award nominated actor Elliott Gould and accompanied by never-before-seen archival films, vintage photographs, and, of course, traditional Klezmer and cantorial music, the documentary takes a realistic and enlightening look at this unique and all-but-vanished way of life. For those in rural communities, there was often no running water or electricity. For many, anti-Semitism was a part of daily life. But for everyone, crowded conditions and poverty seemed to prevail. Despite these trials, through the eyes of the individuals interviewed, we learn that Jewish communities were close-knit and often even joyous places to live. This television special explores everything from the fascinating language of Yiddish to the Rabbis and Rebbes that often ran the communities to the powerful Jewish movements of Khasidism, Bundism and Zionism. Aired nationally on PBS. This DVD contains over 20 minutes of bonus footage and interviews not seen in the broadcast.

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful remembrance of a destroyed world, November 29, 2008

By	J. Berkowicz - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The DVD presents a beautiful yet balanced view of the Eastern European Jewish World before the Holocaust. This world was imbued with the spiritual and religious treasures of Jewish civilization, and bound together by the polyglot language, Yiddish. Visual remnants, including 'motion pictures' and interviews with the few remaining survivors from the area and period discussed, are included: these remove this forgotten world from the realm of rosy-hued myth, yet reveal the real loss our world suffered when this part of it was murdered.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Yiddish World Remembered, June 19, 2009

By	Jeffrey H. Wegard - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an excellent video to watch for anyone interested in what Poland was like before the Holocaust.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Excellent, Excellent!, March 21, 2009

By	B. Sabaini (Illinois) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I knew little of Jewish life but was always interested to learn. This documentary only deepened my love for the Jewish people.