Shtetl

1. “It was through this hole that the women of the shtetl took turns viewing my great-great-great-great-great-grandmother. Many were convinced … she was of an evil nature … they had to piece together mental collages of her from each of the fragmented views …” (20). Brod is among the two most interesting characters in the book (the other being grandfather Safran). Her story is unique, and her arrival to the shtetl in 1791 is so powerful and unusual that it becomes a tradition (adopted in the form

In Unkle Mozes, men from Uncle Moses’s old Shtetl come to the city and Uncle Moses employs the men in his shop. Uncle Moses uses his wealth and power to assert harsh labor practices onto his workers. The workers become exasperated by the dehumanizing conditions causing Charlie, a labor activist, to attempt to unionize the workers against Uncle Moses. Eventually, Uncle Moses becomes consumed by his love for Masha. However, she is in love with Charlie. The film and the book start off by showing how

Despite the fact that there are many similarities, there were also many differences between these two shtetls as well. For instance, Jews were forcibly brought over as prisoners of war by the Grand Duke Vytautas to Kovno, while many Jews migrated over by choice to Vilna, even though at first they were not welcomed, and only sixty six years later were they legally invited. Furthermore, their relations with the non-Jews were different as in it seems that Vilna suffered greater than Kovno when it came

Reb Tevye’s Tradition, Family, and Religion Over Time Most modern Jews, young and old, have imitated Tevye singing about the traditions of his shtetl in his booming baritone, but across generations, political parties, and continents there are numerous interpretations of the word “tradition.” That singing, dancing Tevye was originally a poor milkman from a Yiddish novella, and both of these Tevyes have their adherence to tradition tested in several ways. The different worlds in which these two pieces

In the films The Vow, directed by Henryk Szaro, and The Dybbuk, written by S. Ansky, the creators of both works describe a classic story of a promise between two fathers to wed their unborn children together. The Vow and The Dybbuk begin with this promise, but unfortunately in each film one of the fathers dies before the promise is fulfilled. Ultimately, the children find each other but are posed with troubling complications that prevent them from being together and having the promise fulfilled.

The musical ‘Camelot’ was based off of the legend of King Arthur. Two ways the economics of producing Broadway musicals changed by the 1960s were that musicals had gotten larger so they cost more to produce and that it took a long time to break even. The rise in ticket prices outpaced inflation. Broadway tried to lure in customers by adopting some of the marketing techniques like television commercials and promotional packages. Hollywood got rid of its self-imposing ‘production code.’ This allowed

Elijah. This is a spiritual ceremony performed by most jews during Seder. Hannah, following her Grandfather’s opens the door and spots a man outside singing a song. She looks back to see her family, but nobody is there. Turns out, she teleported into a shtetl or polish village. A woman named Gitl and a man named Shmuel great her. They tell her about her knew past and who she is, Chaya a girl from the 1940’s. Hannah plays along thinking it's just a dream, but Hannah and Chaya are not the same person.

When one is watching a television show, it is pretty easy to decipher which characters are Jewish without anyone announcing that they are Jewish. It is a subconscious assumption that humans have been trained to notice. This stereotypical image of a Jew in media has been forming in minds as early as Christianity became a branch off of Judaism. From drawings to films, people have created an image of the Jew, and now in the technological revolution, these images are being portrayed in television shows

Once modernization began in Eastern Europe there were numerous changes for the Jewish population. During Enlightenment new ideas came into practice which allowed for new economic opportunities, jobs, and housing. Previously, most Jews lived in shtetls, small rural village communities, but now they were starting to move toward the cities. Modernization also allowed for the creation of modern Jewish institutions and the secularization of their faith. These changes ended special protections and lead

Life for the Jews is ruthless. There is unwanted violence against the Jews and the Government, and Jews are leaving Europe because of programs. There were spontaneous actions against the Jews all over Europe. Jews were being killed in masses because they were Jewish. It was unsafe to live there. Additionally America was offering religious freedom, job opportunity, and the riches people imagined it to have; so why not move. America was known to be the Golden Land. Jews used to live in small shtetl’s