Arena
Season 1 • Episode 133: Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs Pupko's Beard • Watch with subtitles
Episode 133: Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs Pupko's Beard
February 6, 1980
Arena presents a hilarious and touching portrait of the great Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer, filmed on location in Brooklyn, New York, and featuring friends, relatives and other ' odd-balls '. 'I wouldn't say that Yiddish is dead, neither would I say that Yiddish is blooming. I would say that Yiddish is sick. But in our history, between being sick and dying is a long, long way...
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