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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 21, 1902 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish author in Yiddish, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. The Polish form of his birth name was Icek Hersz Zynger. He used his mother's first name in an initial literary pseudonym, Izaak Baszewis, which he later expanded to the form under which he is now known. He was a leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, writing and publishing only in Yiddish. He also was awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw (1970) and one in Fiction for his collection, A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974).
Life
Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1902 in Leoncin village near Warsaw, Poland, under military partitions by the Russian Empire. A few years later, the family moved to a nearby Polish town of Radzymin, which is often and erroneously given as his birthplace. The exact date of his birth is uncertain, but most probably it was November 21, 1902, a date that Singer gave both to his official biographer Paul Kresh, and his secretary Dvorah Telushkin. It is also consistent with the historical events he and his brother refer to in their childhood memoirs. The often-quoted birth date, July 14, 1904 was made up by the author in his youth, most probably to make himself younger to avoid the draft.
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The Slave (Isaac Bashevis Singer novel)
The Slave is a novel written by Isaac Bashevis Singer originally written in Yiddish that tells the story of Jacob, a scholar sold into slavery in the aftermath of the Khmelnytsky massacres, who falls in love with a gentile woman. Through the eyes of Jacob, the book recounts the history of Jewish settlement in Poland at the end of the 17th century. While most of the book's protagonists are Jews, the book is also a criticism of Orthodox Jewish society. The English version was translated by the author and Cecil Hemley.
Plot summary
Jacob, the hero of the book, was a resident of Josefov, a Jewish town in Poland. After the Khmelnytsky massacres, in which his wife and three children were murdered by Cossacks, Jacob was sold as a slave to pagan peasant farmers. Throughout his several years of slavery, he struggled to maintain his Judaism by observing as many Jewish rituals as possible and by maintaining high ethical standards for himself.
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The Slave (1962 film)
Il figlio di Spartacus (internationally released as The Slave and The Son of Spartacus) is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Sergio Corbucci.
Plot
In 48 B.C., twenty-five years after the revolt of Spartacus, the slave leader's newborn son Randus has grown to become a soldier in the Roman army. Stationed in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, Randus has been promoted to centurion by his commander, Gaius Julius Caesar, and is given an important task to accomplish; to travel to the city of Zeugma in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire and learn of the secret plots planned out by the Roman governor of the eastern provinces, Marcus Licinius Crassus. Randus leaves Egypt on a war galley out to sea, accompanied by his decurion friend Lumonius, his Germanic servant Beroz, a Gallic officer named Vetius, and Vetius' sister Claudia.
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The Slave (1917 comedy film)
The Slave is a 1917 American silent comedy film starring Billy West and featuring Oliver Hardy. It was unusual for a silent film in that, because it told its story so plainly, subtitles or intertitles were not considered necessary. Its survival status is classified as unknown, which suggests that it is a lost film.
Cast
Reception
Like many American films of the time, The Slave was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required, in Reel 1, cuts of the entire incident of man throwing a lobster on a woman's back and all scenes of it on her back, the sultan poking man in back with dagger, and in Reel 2 the last two scenes of pulling the man through window where his trousers come off.
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The Slave (Petipa/Pugni)
The Slave Girl (AKA L'Esclave) is a ballet Divertissement in 1 Act, choreographed by the Balletmaster Marius Petipa to the music of Cesare Pugni, first presented by the Imperial Ballet for the Imperial Court at the Hermitage Theatre, on April 27/May 9 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1868 in St. Petersburg, Russia. It featured Lev Ivanov.
References
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List of Golden Sun characters
The following is a list of characters from Camelot Software Planning's Golden Sun series of role-playing video games, consisting of 2001's Golden Sun for Game Boy Advance and its 2003 Game Boy Advance follow-up, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, which deals with the efforts of opposing groups of magic-wielding warriors concerning the restoration of the omnipotent force of Alchemy to the fictional world of Weyard. Classified as Adepts of Weyard's four base elements of Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water, these characters possess the ability to employ a chi-like form of magic named Psynergy. Adepts among the common populace are few and far between the settlements of the game's world. The game's characters were created and illustrated by Camelot's Shin Yamanouchi.
Golden Sun playable characters
Isaac
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Isaac (disambiguation)
Isaac is a given name derived from Judaism and can refer to:
Places
Other meanings
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This Old Jewish Author Speaks Wisdom About Life To Audiences - Isaac Bashevis Singer
I began my documentary filmmaking career in New York City and this documentary was made by my boss and then partner, Amram Nowak. He had a passion for the work of Isaac Bashevis Singer, a notable American-Jewish-Polish writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978 (shown in this film). Singer's works are celebrated for their narrative craftsmanship, psychological insight, and unique portrayals of bygone Jewish communities. Singer explored universal themes like faith, morality, passion, and the supernatural in the context of Jewish folklore, traditions and the moral dilemmas posed by modernity. He wrote primarily in Yiddish. Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal hu...
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Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer (complete)
A marvelous, currently unseen, Academy Award-nominated documentary from 1986, shown on PBS (1988?) as a part of the American Masters series. This is my Beta over-the-air copy. It's the closest thing to the original broadcast of this documentary currently available on YouTube.
published: 01 Mar 2015 -
Shtisel - Bashevis scene
"The dead don't go anywhere. They're all here. Every man is a cemetery, all our grandmothers and grandfathers. An actual cemetery, in whom lie all our grandmothers and grandfathers. The father and mother, the wife, the child. Everyone is here all the time."
published: 21 Apr 2021 -
Interviews I Conducted with Isaac Bashevis Singer
Karmela Belinki—journalist, academic, writer, and translator—recounts the times she interviewed Nobel Prize winner and Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer. To see the full oral history with Karmela Belinki and to learn more about the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project: https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0001073/karmela-belinki-2018
published: 13 Jun 2023 -
Natalie Portman's Ode to Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Academy Award winner shares the animal rights legacy of author and Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer. PETA's mission statement is that animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way: http://www.peta.org/about-peta/ Subscribe: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=officialpeta The website the meat industry doesn't want you to see: http://meat.org How to go vegan: http://features.peta.org/how-to-go-vegan/ PETA Saves: http://features.peta.org/petasaves/ PETA: http://PETA.org FAQs: http://www.peta.org/about-peta/faq/
published: 16 Jul 2018 -
Impressions of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Gloria Fein - tour guide at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam - recounts meeting Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer: how she taught him a Yiddish word, how he was the first Jewish vegetarian she ever met, and how she later ran into him while on a trip to Israel. To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
published: 14 Jul 2015 -
Isaac Bashevis Singer, "Not a Typical Yiddish Writer"
Marvin Zuckerman, retired English and Yiddish professor, discusses Isaac Bashevis Singer's views on Jewish literature and political leanings. To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
published: 30 May 2014 -
Isaac Bashevis Singer Jewish History Lecture by Dr. Henry Abramson
This is a lecture I delivered a long time ago at the University of Central Florida (some of my hair was still dark, and some of it was actually there, too). Found the CD when I was cleaning up my office. Hope you enjoy it! Lecture presented on October 21, 2004.
published: 13 Jun 2013 -
Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish Speech at a dinner celebrating his Nobel Prize in Stockholm 1978
יצחק באַשעוויס־זינגער'ס רעדע אויפן באַנקעט אין שטאׇקהאׇלם ערב זיין באַקומען דעם נאׇבעל־פּרייז פאַר ליטעראַטור אין דעצעמבער 1978 מיט א קורצן אַריינפיר־וואׇרט פון אפרים שעדלעצקי, טראַנסמיטירט אויף "קול ישראל" אויף יידיש מוצאי פּורים, תשל"ט לפ"ק The text of the entire speech is transcribed in -- first in phonetic transliteration, then in Yiddish -- in the following place : http://yiddishwordoftheweek.tumblr.com/post/58702012433/isaac-bashevis-singers-nobel-prize-speeches
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The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer Trailer
The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer is playing at the 27th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival For more information go to bjff.org
published: 13 Sep 2015
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This Old Jewish Author Speaks Wisdom About Life To Audiences - Isaac Bashevis Singer
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- Duration: 36:32
- Uploaded Date: 07 Oct 2023
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I began my documentary filmmaking career in New York City and this documentary was made by my boss and then partner, Amram Nowak. He had a passion for the work ...
I began my documentary filmmaking career in New York City and this documentary was made by my boss and then partner, Amram Nowak. He had a passion for the work of Isaac Bashevis Singer, a notable American-Jewish-Polish writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978 (shown in this film). Singer's works are celebrated for their narrative craftsmanship, psychological insight, and unique portrayals of bygone Jewish communities. Singer explored universal themes like faith, morality, passion, and the supernatural in the context of Jewish folklore, traditions and the moral dilemmas posed by modernity. He wrote primarily in Yiddish.
Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life." His vivid descriptions of Jewish life in Eastern Europe and the struggles of Jewish immigrants in the United States offer a window into a world that has largely vanished. Works like "Enemies, A Love Story" and "The Magician of Lublin" showcase this talent.
Singer was not just a novelist but also an accomplished short story writer and children's book author. Some of his tales have been adapted into films and plays. Many of his works continue to be read and studied in literature courses and programs around the world.
The Yiddish language has a history spanning over a millennium. Originating in Central Europe, Yiddish was spoken by Ashkenazi Jews and evolved from High German dialects, incorporating elements of Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages, and later, Romance languages. Over time, Yiddish became the lingua franca for Ashkenazi Jews in various parts of Europe.
The prevalence of Yiddish underwent significant changes over the 19th and especially the 20th centuries due to several factors. The Holocaust decimated a significant portion of the Ashkenazi Jewish population, which constituted the primary speakers of Yiddish. Many of the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, where Yiddish was the dominant language, were destroyed.
In countries like the United States and Canada, Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants often assimilated into the larger English-speaking culture. As a result, while the first generation of immigrants might have spoken Yiddish at home, subsequent generations became more fluent in English and often lost proficiency in Yiddish.
With the rise of the Zionist movement and the establishment of the State of Israel, Hebrew was promoted as the unifying Jewish language. Modern Hebrew was revitalized and became the official language of Israel, further displacing Yiddish.
In the Soviet Union, where many Jews resided, the Stalin regime suppressed Yiddish institutions, and many Yiddish writers and intellectuals were executed or sent to labor camps in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
But Yiddish has not disappeared: There has been a renewed interest in Yiddish culture and language, especially among academics and artists. Universities offer Yiddish courses, and there are Yiddish theater productions, music festivals, and publications. Yiddish continues to be spoken as a daily language in several ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities around the world, notably the Hasidic communities in areas of New York, Israel, and other places.
Coney Island where much of this film was shot, located in Brooklyn, NYC, has undergone significant changes since the 1970s. It was a major entertainment and beach destination. By the 1970s, however, the area faced economic decline and many of its famous amusement parks and attractions had closed or deteriorated. The 1970s and 1980s were particularly challenging for Coney Island. Economic decline with crime, and urban decay. Many businesses shuttered, and the once-famous amusement parks were either closed or in poor condition. One of the area's most famous amusement parks, Astroland, closed. This was a significant end of an era for many locals and visitors.
Starting in the late 1990s and accelerating in the 2000s, concerted efforts by the city and private investors rejuvenated Coney Island. In 2010, a new amusement park named Luna Park (named after the original Luna Park which operated from 1903 to 1944) opened on the site of the former Astroland. Iconic Coney Island landmarks like the Cyclone roller coaster and the Parachute Jump have been restored and continue to serve as symbols of the area's rich history. The last couple of decades have seen increased real estate development in the area, with new residential buildings and commercial enterprises.
If you found this film meaningful, enjoyable, memorable, please consider supporting my efforts to present more films from my archive by clicking the Thanks button below the video screen or by visiting PayPal at www.paypal.com/davidhoffmanfilms.
https://wn.com/This_Old_Jewish_Author_Speaks_Wisdom_About_Life_To_Audiences_Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
I began my documentary filmmaking career in New York City and this documentary was made by my boss and then partner, Amram Nowak. He had a passion for the work of Isaac Bashevis Singer, a notable American-Jewish-Polish writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978 (shown in this film). Singer's works are celebrated for their narrative craftsmanship, psychological insight, and unique portrayals of bygone Jewish communities. Singer explored universal themes like faith, morality, passion, and the supernatural in the context of Jewish folklore, traditions and the moral dilemmas posed by modernity. He wrote primarily in Yiddish.
Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life." His vivid descriptions of Jewish life in Eastern Europe and the struggles of Jewish immigrants in the United States offer a window into a world that has largely vanished. Works like "Enemies, A Love Story" and "The Magician of Lublin" showcase this talent.
Singer was not just a novelist but also an accomplished short story writer and children's book author. Some of his tales have been adapted into films and plays. Many of his works continue to be read and studied in literature courses and programs around the world.
The Yiddish language has a history spanning over a millennium. Originating in Central Europe, Yiddish was spoken by Ashkenazi Jews and evolved from High German dialects, incorporating elements of Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages, and later, Romance languages. Over time, Yiddish became the lingua franca for Ashkenazi Jews in various parts of Europe.
The prevalence of Yiddish underwent significant changes over the 19th and especially the 20th centuries due to several factors. The Holocaust decimated a significant portion of the Ashkenazi Jewish population, which constituted the primary speakers of Yiddish. Many of the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, where Yiddish was the dominant language, were destroyed.
In countries like the United States and Canada, Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants often assimilated into the larger English-speaking culture. As a result, while the first generation of immigrants might have spoken Yiddish at home, subsequent generations became more fluent in English and often lost proficiency in Yiddish.
With the rise of the Zionist movement and the establishment of the State of Israel, Hebrew was promoted as the unifying Jewish language. Modern Hebrew was revitalized and became the official language of Israel, further displacing Yiddish.
In the Soviet Union, where many Jews resided, the Stalin regime suppressed Yiddish institutions, and many Yiddish writers and intellectuals were executed or sent to labor camps in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
But Yiddish has not disappeared: There has been a renewed interest in Yiddish culture and language, especially among academics and artists. Universities offer Yiddish courses, and there are Yiddish theater productions, music festivals, and publications. Yiddish continues to be spoken as a daily language in several ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities around the world, notably the Hasidic communities in areas of New York, Israel, and other places.
Coney Island where much of this film was shot, located in Brooklyn, NYC, has undergone significant changes since the 1970s. It was a major entertainment and beach destination. By the 1970s, however, the area faced economic decline and many of its famous amusement parks and attractions had closed or deteriorated. The 1970s and 1980s were particularly challenging for Coney Island. Economic decline with crime, and urban decay. Many businesses shuttered, and the once-famous amusement parks were either closed or in poor condition. One of the area's most famous amusement parks, Astroland, closed. This was a significant end of an era for many locals and visitors.
Starting in the late 1990s and accelerating in the 2000s, concerted efforts by the city and private investors rejuvenated Coney Island. In 2010, a new amusement park named Luna Park (named after the original Luna Park which operated from 1903 to 1944) opened on the site of the former Astroland. Iconic Coney Island landmarks like the Cyclone roller coaster and the Parachute Jump have been restored and continue to serve as symbols of the area's rich history. The last couple of decades have seen increased real estate development in the area, with new residential buildings and commercial enterprises.
If you found this film meaningful, enjoyable, memorable, please consider supporting my efforts to present more films from my archive by clicking the Thanks button below the video screen or by visiting PayPal at www.paypal.com/davidhoffmanfilms.
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Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer (complete)
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- Duration: 56:21
- Uploaded Date: 01 Mar 2015
- views: 60098
A marvelous, currently unseen, Academy Award-nominated documentary from 1986, shown on PBS (1988?) as a part of the American Masters series. This is my Beta ov...
A marvelous, currently unseen, Academy Award-nominated documentary from 1986, shown on PBS (1988?) as a part of the American Masters series. This is my Beta over-the-air copy. It's the closest thing to the original broadcast of this documentary currently available on YouTube.
https://wn.com/Isaac_In_America_A_Journey_With_Isaac_Bashevis_Singer_(Complete)
A marvelous, currently unseen, Academy Award-nominated documentary from 1986, shown on PBS (1988?) as a part of the American Masters series. This is my Beta over-the-air copy. It's the closest thing to the original broadcast of this documentary currently available on YouTube.
- published: 01 Mar 2015
- views: 60098
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Shtisel - Bashevis scene
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- Duration: 2:16
- Uploaded Date: 21 Apr 2021
- views: 67903
"The dead don't go anywhere. They're all here. Every man is a cemetery, all our grandmothers and grandfathers. An actual cemetery, in whom lie all our grandmoth...
"The dead don't go anywhere. They're all here. Every man is a cemetery, all our grandmothers and grandfathers. An actual cemetery, in whom lie all our grandmothers and grandfathers. The father and mother, the wife, the child. Everyone is here all the time."
https://wn.com/Shtisel_Bashevis_Scene
"The dead don't go anywhere. They're all here. Every man is a cemetery, all our grandmothers and grandfathers. An actual cemetery, in whom lie all our grandmothers and grandfathers. The father and mother, the wife, the child. Everyone is here all the time."
- published: 21 Apr 2021
- views: 67903
5:02
Interviews I Conducted with Isaac Bashevis Singer
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- Duration: 5:02
- Uploaded Date: 13 Jun 2023
- views: 711
Karmela Belinki—journalist, academic, writer, and translator—recounts the times she interviewed Nobel Prize winner and Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer.
To...
Karmela Belinki—journalist, academic, writer, and translator—recounts the times she interviewed Nobel Prize winner and Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer.
To see the full oral history with Karmela Belinki and to learn more about the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project: https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0001073/karmela-belinki-2018
https://wn.com/Interviews_I_Conducted_With_Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
Karmela Belinki—journalist, academic, writer, and translator—recounts the times she interviewed Nobel Prize winner and Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer.
To see the full oral history with Karmela Belinki and to learn more about the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project: https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0001073/karmela-belinki-2018
- published: 13 Jun 2023
- views: 711
2:09
Natalie Portman's Ode to Isaac Bashevis Singer
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- Duration: 2:09
- Uploaded Date: 16 Jul 2018
- views: 25642
The Academy Award winner shares the animal rights legacy of author and Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer.
PETA's mission statement is that animals are not o...
The Academy Award winner shares the animal rights legacy of author and Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer.
PETA's mission statement is that animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way:
http://www.peta.org/about-peta/
Subscribe: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=officialpeta
The website the meat industry doesn't want you to see: http://meat.org
How to go vegan: http://features.peta.org/how-to-go-vegan/
PETA Saves: http://features.peta.org/petasaves/
PETA: http://PETA.org
FAQs: http://www.peta.org/about-peta/faq/
https://wn.com/Natalie_Portman's_Ode_To_Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
The Academy Award winner shares the animal rights legacy of author and Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer.
PETA's mission statement is that animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way:
http://www.peta.org/about-peta/
Subscribe: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=officialpeta
The website the meat industry doesn't want you to see: http://meat.org
How to go vegan: http://features.peta.org/how-to-go-vegan/
PETA Saves: http://features.peta.org/petasaves/
PETA: http://PETA.org
FAQs: http://www.peta.org/about-peta/faq/
- published: 16 Jul 2018
- views: 25642
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Impressions of Isaac Bashevis Singer
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- Duration: 7:13
- Uploaded Date: 14 Jul 2015
- views: 5256
Gloria Fein - tour guide at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam - recounts meeting Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer: how she taught him a Yiddish word...
Gloria Fein - tour guide at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam - recounts meeting Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer: how she taught him a Yiddish word, how he was the first Jewish vegetarian she ever met, and how she later ran into him while on a trip to Israel.
To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit:
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
https://wn.com/Impressions_Of_Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
Gloria Fein - tour guide at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam - recounts meeting Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer: how she taught him a Yiddish word, how he was the first Jewish vegetarian she ever met, and how she later ran into him while on a trip to Israel.
To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit:
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
- published: 14 Jul 2015
- views: 5256
3:56
Isaac Bashevis Singer, "Not a Typical Yiddish Writer"
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- Duration: 3:56
- Uploaded Date: 30 May 2014
- views: 11245
Marvin Zuckerman, retired English and Yiddish professor, discusses Isaac Bashevis Singer's views on Jewish literature and political leanings.
To learn more abo...
Marvin Zuckerman, retired English and Yiddish professor, discusses Isaac Bashevis Singer's views on Jewish literature and political leanings.
To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
https://wn.com/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer,_Not_A_Typical_Yiddish_Writer
Marvin Zuckerman, retired English and Yiddish professor, discusses Isaac Bashevis Singer's views on Jewish literature and political leanings.
To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
- published: 30 May 2014
- views: 11245
1:02:34
Isaac Bashevis Singer Jewish History Lecture by Dr. Henry Abramson
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- Duration: 1:02:34
- Uploaded Date: 13 Jun 2013
- views: 4297
This is a lecture I delivered a long time ago at the University of Central Florida (some of my hair was still dark, and some of it was actually there, too). Fou...
This is a lecture I delivered a long time ago at the University of Central Florida (some of my hair was still dark, and some of it was actually there, too). Found the CD when I was cleaning up my office. Hope you enjoy it! Lecture presented on October 21, 2004.
https://wn.com/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer_Jewish_History_Lecture_By_Dr._Henry_Abramson
This is a lecture I delivered a long time ago at the University of Central Florida (some of my hair was still dark, and some of it was actually there, too). Found the CD when I was cleaning up my office. Hope you enjoy it! Lecture presented on October 21, 2004.
- published: 13 Jun 2013
- views: 4297
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Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish Speech at a dinner celebrating his Nobel Prize in Stockholm 1978
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- Duration: 14:51
- Uploaded Date: 01 Apr 2011
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יצחק באַשעוויס־זינגער'ס רעדע אויפן באַנקעט אין שטאׇקהאׇלם ערב זיין באַקומען דעם נאׇבעל־פּרייז פאַר ליטעראַטור אין דעצעמבער 1978 מיט א קורצן אַריינפיר־וואׇרט פון...
יצחק באַשעוויס־זינגער'ס רעדע אויפן באַנקעט אין שטאׇקהאׇלם ערב זיין באַקומען דעם נאׇבעל־פּרייז פאַר ליטעראַטור אין דעצעמבער 1978 מיט א קורצן אַריינפיר־וואׇרט פון אפרים שעדלעצקי, טראַנסמיטירט אויף "קול ישראל" אויף יידיש מוצאי פּורים, תשל"ט לפ"ק
The text of the entire speech is transcribed in -- first in phonetic transliteration, then in Yiddish -- in the following place : http://yiddishwordoftheweek.tumblr.com/post/58702012433/isaac-bashevis-singers-nobel-prize-speeches
https://wn.com/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer's_Yiddish_Speech_At_A_Dinner_Celebrating_His_Nobel_Prize_In_Stockholm_1978
יצחק באַשעוויס־זינגער'ס רעדע אויפן באַנקעט אין שטאׇקהאׇלם ערב זיין באַקומען דעם נאׇבעל־פּרייז פאַר ליטעראַטור אין דעצעמבער 1978 מיט א קורצן אַריינפיר־וואׇרט פון אפרים שעדלעצקי, טראַנסמיטירט אויף "קול ישראל" אויף יידיש מוצאי פּורים, תשל"ט לפ"ק
The text of the entire speech is transcribed in -- first in phonetic transliteration, then in Yiddish -- in the following place : http://yiddishwordoftheweek.tumblr.com/post/58702012433/isaac-bashevis-singers-nobel-prize-speeches
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The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer Trailer
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The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer is playing at the 27th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival
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The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer is playing at the 27th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival
For more information go to bjff.org
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The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer is playing at the 27th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival
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This Old Jewish Author Speaks Wisdom About Life To Audiences - Isaac Bashevis Singer
I began my documentary filmmaking career in New York City and this documentary was made by...
published: 07 Oct 2023
This Old Jewish Author Speaks Wisdom About Life To Audiences - Isaac Bashevis Singer
This Old Jewish Author Speaks Wisdom About Life To Audiences - Isaac Bashevis Singer
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I began my documentary filmmaking career in New York City and this documentary was made by my boss and then partner, Amram Nowak. He had a passion for the work of Isaac Bashevis Singer, a notable American-Jewish-Polish writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978 (shown in this film). Singer's works are celebrated for their narrative craftsmanship, psychological insight, and unique portrayals of bygone Jewish communities. Singer explored universal themes like faith, morality, passion, and the supernatural in the context of Jewish folklore, traditions and the moral dilemmas posed by modernity. He wrote primarily in Yiddish.
Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life." His vivid descriptions of Jewish life in Eastern Europe and the struggles of Jewish immigrants in the United States offer a window into a world that has largely vanished. Works like "Enemies, A Love Story" and "The Magician of Lublin" showcase this talent.
Singer was not just a novelist but also an accomplished short story writer and children's book author. Some of his tales have been adapted into films and plays. Many of his works continue to be read and studied in literature courses and programs around the world.
The Yiddish language has a history spanning over a millennium. Originating in Central Europe, Yiddish was spoken by Ashkenazi Jews and evolved from High German dialects, incorporating elements of Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages, and later, Romance languages. Over time, Yiddish became the lingua franca for Ashkenazi Jews in various parts of Europe.
The prevalence of Yiddish underwent significant changes over the 19th and especially the 20th centuries due to several factors. The Holocaust decimated a significant portion of the Ashkenazi Jewish population, which constituted the primary speakers of Yiddish. Many of the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, where Yiddish was the dominant language, were destroyed.
In countries like the United States and Canada, Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants often assimilated into the larger English-speaking culture. As a result, while the first generation of immigrants might have spoken Yiddish at home, subsequent generations became more fluent in English and often lost proficiency in Yiddish.
With the rise of the Zionist movement and the establishment of the State of Israel, Hebrew was promoted as the unifying Jewish language. Modern Hebrew was revitalized and became the official language of Israel, further displacing Yiddish.
In the Soviet Union, where many Jews resided, the Stalin regime suppressed Yiddish institutions, and many Yiddish writers and intellectuals were executed or sent to labor camps in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
But Yiddish has not disappeared: There has been a renewed interest in Yiddish culture and language, especially among academics and artists. Universities offer Yiddish courses, and there are Yiddish theater productions, music festivals, and publications. Yiddish continues to be spoken as a daily language in several ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities around the world, notably the Hasidic communities in areas of New York, Israel, and other places.
Coney Island where much of this film was shot, located in Brooklyn, NYC, has undergone significant changes since the 1970s. It was a major entertainment and beach destination. By the 1970s, however, the area faced economic decline and many of its famous amusement parks and attractions had closed or deteriorated. The 1970s and 1980s were particularly challenging for Coney Island. Economic decline with crime, and urban decay. Many businesses shuttered, and the once-famous amusement parks were either closed or in poor condition. One of the area's most famous amusement parks, Astroland, closed. This was a significant end of an era for many locals and visitors.
Starting in the late 1990s and accelerating in the 2000s, concerted efforts by the city and private investors rejuvenated Coney Island. In 2010, a new amusement park named Luna Park (named after the original Luna Park which operated from 1903 to 1944) opened on the site of the former Astroland. Iconic Coney Island landmarks like the Cyclone roller coaster and the Parachute Jump have been restored and continue to serve as symbols of the area's rich history. The last couple of decades have seen increased real estate development in the area, with new residential buildings and commercial enterprises.
If you found this film meaningful, enjoyable, memorable, please consider supporting my efforts to present more films from my archive by clicking the Thanks button below the video screen or by visiting PayPal at www.paypal.com/davidhoffmanfilms.
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Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer (complete)
A marvelous, currently unseen, Academy Award-nominated documentary from 1986, shown on PBS...
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Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer (complete)
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer (complete)
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A marvelous, currently unseen, Academy Award-nominated documentary from 1986, shown on PBS (1988?) as a part of the American Masters series. This is my Beta over-the-air copy. It's the closest thing to the original broadcast of this documentary currently available on YouTube.
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Shtisel - Bashevis scene
"The dead don't go anywhere. They're all here. Every man is a cemetery, all our grandmothe...
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Shtisel - Bashevis scene
Shtisel - Bashevis scene
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"The dead don't go anywhere. They're all here. Every man is a cemetery, all our grandmothers and grandfathers. An actual cemetery, in whom lie all our grandmothers and grandfathers. The father and mother, the wife, the child. Everyone is here all the time."
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Interviews I Conducted with Isaac Bashevis Singer
Karmela Belinki—journalist, academic, writer, and translator—recounts the times she interv...
published: 13 Jun 2023
Interviews I Conducted with Isaac Bashevis Singer
Interviews I Conducted with Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Karmela Belinki—journalist, academic, writer, and translator—recounts the times she interviewed Nobel Prize winner and Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer.
To see the full oral history with Karmela Belinki and to learn more about the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project: https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0001073/karmela-belinki-2018
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Natalie Portman's Ode to Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Academy Award winner shares the animal rights legacy of author and Nobel Laureate Isaa...
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Natalie Portman's Ode to Isaac Bashevis Singer
Natalie Portman's Ode to Isaac Bashevis Singer
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The Academy Award winner shares the animal rights legacy of author and Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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Impressions of Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Impressions of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Impressions of Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Gloria Fein - tour guide at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam - recounts meeting Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer: how she taught him a Yiddish word, how he was the first Jewish vegetarian she ever met, and how she later ran into him while on a trip to Israel.
To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit:
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
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Isaac Bashevis Singer, "Not a Typical Yiddish Writer"
Marvin Zuckerman, retired English and Yiddish professor, discusses Isaac Bashevis Singer's...
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Isaac Bashevis Singer, "Not a Typical Yiddish Writer"
Isaac Bashevis Singer, "Not a Typical Yiddish Writer"
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Marvin Zuckerman, retired English and Yiddish professor, discusses Isaac Bashevis Singer's views on Jewish literature and political leanings.
To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
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Isaac Bashevis Singer Jewish History Lecture by Dr. Henry Abramson
This is a lecture I delivered a long time ago at the University of Central Florida (some o...
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Isaac Bashevis Singer Jewish History Lecture by Dr. Henry Abramson
Isaac Bashevis Singer Jewish History Lecture by Dr. Henry Abramson
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This is a lecture I delivered a long time ago at the University of Central Florida (some of my hair was still dark, and some of it was actually there, too). Found the CD when I was cleaning up my office. Hope you enjoy it! Lecture presented on October 21, 2004.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish Speech at a dinner celebrating his Nobel Prize in Stockholm 1978
יצחק באַשעוויס־זינגער'ס רעדע אויפן באַנקעט אין שטאׇקהאׇלם ערב זיין באַקומען דעם נאׇבעל־פּר...
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Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish Speech at a dinner celebrating his Nobel Prize in Stockholm 1978
Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish Speech at a dinner celebrating his Nobel Prize in Stockholm 1978
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יצחק באַשעוויס־זינגער'ס רעדע אויפן באַנקעט אין שטאׇקהאׇלם ערב זיין באַקומען דעם נאׇבעל־פּרייז פאַר ליטעראַטור אין דעצעמבער 1978 מיט א קורצן אַריינפיר־וואׇרט פון אפרים שעדלעצקי, טראַנסמיטירט אויף "קול ישראל" אויף יידיש מוצאי פּורים, תשל"ט לפ"ק
The text of the entire speech is transcribed in -- first in phonetic transliteration, then in Yiddish -- in the following place : http://yiddishwordoftheweek.tumblr.com/post/58702012433/isaac-bashevis-singers-nobel-prize-speeches
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The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer Trailer
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The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer is playing at the 27th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 21, 1902 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish author in Yiddish, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. The Polish form of his birth name was Icek Hersz Zynger. He used his mother's first name in an initial literary pseudonym, Izaak Baszewis, which he later expanded to the form under which he is now known. He was a leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, writing and publishing only in Yiddish. He also was awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw (1970) and one in Fiction for his collection, A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974).
Life
Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1902 in Leoncin village near Warsaw, Poland, under military partitions by the Russian Empire. A few years later, the family moved to a nearby Polish town of Radzymin, which is often and erroneously given as his birthplace. The exact date of his birth is uncertain, but most probably it was November 21, 1902, a date that Singer gave both to his official biographer Paul Kresh, and his secretary Dvorah Telushkin. It is also consistent with the historical events he and his brother refer to in their childhood memoirs. The often-quoted birth date, July 14, 1904 was made up by the author in his youth, most probably to make himself younger to avoid the draft.
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