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Yiddish film ‘I Have Sinned’ captures pre-war Polish Jewry

JL;DR SUMMARY The 1936 Yiddish film "Al Khet" ("I Have Sinned"), now digitally restored, offers a rare glimpse into pre-war Polish Jewry, despite its storytelling and technical challenges typical of early cinema. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish ComedyYiddish TheaterPolish JewryNational Center For Jewish FilmYiddish FilmDzigan And Schumacher1930s CinemaHenokh KonPre Wwii EuropeAl Khet

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New York, United States
"and screened this week at the New York Jewish Film Festival"
Poland
"film Al Khet was the first Yiddish talkie made in Poland"

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