Events | I Heart Yiddish Weekend

Sunday April 1, 2012. 2:00pm & 7:00pm

A fun-packed day for all Yiddish lovers!

At 2:00pm, come enjoy a Dora Wasserman
Yiddish Theatre reading of one of
Sholem Aleichem’s best known
comedies! A Russian student
switches identities with a Jewish
friend and learns about love and
the hardships of being a Jew.

 

 

At 7:00pm, delight in this first Yiddish musical
comedy talking picture starring
popular comedian Ludwig Satz.
This film about issues of gender
revels in its role reversals and love
triangles. In Yiddish with new Eng-
lish subtitles by The National Center
for Jewish Film. 1931, 80 minutes,
B&W, Directed by Sidney M. Goldin.

Segal Centre, 5170, chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine