Listening to ‘Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish’
In this podcast, Jon Kalish traces the inception and production of the feature film “Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish,” which debuted at the New York Jewish Film Festival. Young Jews who left Brooklyn’s chasidic communities comprise its cast of first time actors.
Read more about “Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish” in the Forward here and here.
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