Zoll Zeyn

Original title

Soll sein - Jiddische Kultur im jüdischen Staat

Directed by

Henryk Broder

Genre

documentary

Country

Israel

Runtime

2h 15m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary from 1989 looks at Yiddish culture in Israel. It visits various communities where Yiddish is still used, including Socialist Bundists in Tel Aviv and Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem, and meets poets, singers, revolutionaries, journalists, and actors who keep the language alive.

observationalnostalgicearnestculturalslow-pacedthoughtfulintimatepoignant

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