Too Early to Be Quiet, Too Late to Sing

Too Early to Be Quiet, Too Late to Sing

 

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0h 53m 1995 HD

Only a handful of Yiddish poets remain alive. Chava Alberstein sets out to interview those last writers of Yiddish poetry, to hear their poems and stories. Along the way, she sings a collection of Yiddish folk songs.


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