Release Date

07 Jan, 2001

Runtime

00:13: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

In 1939, Yiddish was the spoken language of three-quarters of the world's Jews. But when leading Jewish scholars convened in 1980, they estimated that only 70,000 Yiddish books remained in the world. This engaging, often funny documentary film chronicles the adventures of an enterprising 23-year-old named Aaron Lansky, who rallied together an international network of volunteers and set out to rescue the world's Yiddish books. Twenty years later, the National Yiddish Book Center has collected 1.5 million Yiddish books and helped save a rich diverse, and surprisingly modern literature from oblivion. With rare archival images, and a lyrical portrayal of the National Yiddish Book Center's warehouse and cultural complex, A Bridge Of Books celebrates a pursuit that has become a powerful vehicle for the transmission of history, culture and identity across several generations.

Original Title

A Bridge of Books

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Actors

Crew

Sam Ball

Sam Ball

Larry London

Melissa R. Donovan

Carter Tomassi

Brian Dowley

Jeremiah Moore

Kevin Abrams

Dave Nelson

Sheldon Katzman

Gary Weimberg