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Yiddish Writers Films


Worlds Within a World:
Conversations with Yiddish Writers

The Project

The film series “Worlds within a World: Conversations with Yiddish Writers” aims to provide a visual and oral document of prominent contemporary Yiddish writers so that present and future generations can “spend time” with these fascinating figures and gain some insight into their work and milieu. Each film is an interview, enhanced by photo stills and music, conducted entirely in Yiddish WITH ACCURATE AND COMPLETE ENGLISH SUBTITLES. Thus far, we have filmed educator, literary critic and poet Itche Goldberg, poet, songwriter Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, painter/writer Yonia Fain, and acclaimed Canadian poet and novelist Chava Rosenfarb.
The films would make a perfect program for a Yiddish circle, class, book group, your local Jewish or documentary film festival or for your own enjoyment.


Josh Waletzky
Josh Waletzky

Director

The films are directed and edited by Josh Waletzky, director and editor of Image before My Eyes and Partisans of Vilna, and the editor of Emmy Award-winning Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler’s House. Among other awards, Waletzky is the recipient of the Silver Ducat at the Mannheim International Film Festival for Image and First Prize at the Anthropos International Film Festival for Partisans. Other editing credits include Peabody Award-winning Revolution! (1997), the A.C.E. Eddie Award-nominated The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition  (2000), the Emmy Award-winning She Says: Women In News  (2001).


Sheva Zucker
Sheva Zucker

Producer

Sheva Zucker is the Executive Director of the League for Yiddish and the editor of its magazine Afn Shvel. She is the author of the textbooks Yiddish: An Introduction to the Language, Literature, & Culture, Vols. I & II and the editor and producer of the CD The Golden Peacock: Voice of the Yiddish Writer  which features ten Yiddish writers reading from their works.