Yeshiva University in Israel is offering a special showing of “Lonely Man of Faith: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik,” for YU students, alumni, and friends.
Epstein Lecturer Discusses American Jews in Film
In the final scene of the 1926 Broadway production, The Day of Atonement, Al Jolson’s character scrubs his Broadway debut to chant the Yom Kippur Kol Nidre service at his father’s synagogue. In The Jazz Singer, the 1927 movie remake, a new final scene has Jolson back on stage, his stint as cantor merely a detour on the road to stardom—and the American dream.
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