JL;DR

Daily Podcasts Video Research

for Wednesday, January 6, 2021

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0 Culture Jewish Law

Why ‘Hester Street’ meant so much for Jewish women (and for Yiddish)

Rukhl Schaechter in Forward

The 1975 film "Hester Street," directed by Joan Micklin Silver, holds significant cultural and historical value as it portrays Jewish immigrants in New York and is one of the first American films to feature substantial dialogue in Yiddish.

0 Culture Language

Trump’s favorite Yiddish words should come as a surprise to no one

Forward

The article by PJ Grisar discusses Donald Trump's limited use of Yiddish, particularly focusing on his preference for vulgar and phallocentric terms such as "schmuck" and "schlong."

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0 Holocaust Television/Film

The City Without Jews

Thomas Doherty in Tablet

"The City Without Jews" examines the eerie vision presented in the 1924 film, set in a troubled fictional land where anti-Semitic sentiment leads to the forced expulsion of Jews.