#molly picon

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Abi Gezunt was released in 1938 in the Polish film Mamale, but the Barry Sisters (US artists, given names Minnie and Clara Bagelman) recorded their version in 1957:

I love the Barry Sisters version. For comparison, here's the 1938 original, performed by Molly Picon (US actor, given name Malka Opiekun) in the Polish film Mamale:

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You've probably seen Molly Picon perform before. She played Yente the matchmaker in the 1971 film version of Fiddler on the Roof.

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The cast of Bud Yorkin’s COME BLOW YOUR HORN (1963), Frank Sinatra, Dan Blocker, Molly Picon, Barbara Rush, Tony Bill, Jill St. John, and Lee J. Cobb

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Favorite New-to-Me Films

August '23

(in order of collage above R to L)

Carmen, Jr. (1923) [letterboxd | imdb]

The Wind (1986) [letterboxd | imdb]

Deathstalker II (1987) [letterboxd | imdb]

Ost und West / Mazel Tov (1923) [letterboxd | imdb]

X電車で行こう/ Take the X Train (1987) [letterboxd | imdb]

プロジェクトA子 / Project A-Ko (1986) [letterboxd | imdb]

Don Q Son of Zorro (1925) [letterboxd | imdb]

Dream Demon (1988) [letterboxd | imdb]

Honorable Mention: Drifting (1923) because I can’t really say I enjoyed it that much, but it has its high points and Anna May Wong is wonderful in it. (In fact, I made a bunch of gifs of her!)

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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 1971

As the good book says, when a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick. Well, it doesn't say that exactly, but somewhere there is something about a chicken.

[essaressellwye]

Chanukka is not the Jewish version of Christmas. There is no "Jewish version of Christmas." (There is an Ashki equivalent of Twelfth Night, and that's יידל מיטן פידל )

Happy first day of the war on Christmas everyone

Yearly reminder to gentiles that

1. Jews do not recognize Jesus as anything but a human man who probably existed in some capacity at some point

2. We do not celebrate his birthday. He is just some guy to us.

3. It is not a personal attack on you if we don’t celebrate your favorite holiday.

4. Chanukah is not the most important Jewish holiday, its just the only one you know by name because it happens roughly around Christmas time.

5. You can say or do whatever you want, we just think you’re annoying. At the end of the day, you’re still gonna get school or work off on Christmas and Easter while I have to chose between my religion and my schoolwork every year on Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.

6. You are not the victim. However, unfortunately you are usually the main character.

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

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Tomorrow Night: A Salute to Molly Picon

Concert Lecture: A Salute to the Remarkable Molly Piconat the Museum at Eldridge StreetTuesday, March 19 | 6PM ETIn conjunction with the exhibition On the Lower East Side: Twenty-Eight Remarkable Women…and One Scoundrel, the Museum at Eldridge Street is hosting a unique concert lecture with Yiddish theater professor and director/performer Dr. Diane Cypkin, exploring the life of legendary Yiddish…

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UPDATING THE MELNITZ CLAN

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GERSHON AND HONOUR URSULA MELNITZ, JANINE’S PARENTS (ELI WALLACH AND ANNE JACKSON)

BELLA MELNITZ, GERSHON’S SISTER AND JANINE’S AUNT (ESTELLE GETTY)

DORINE MELNITZ BANNER, JANINE’S SISTER (MELANIE MAYRON)

JAMES STEPHENS BANNER, DORINE’S HUSBAND AND JANINE’S BROTHER IN LAW (MAURICE LAMARCHE)

YETTA MELNITZ, GERSHON’S MOTHER AND JANINE’S GRANDMOTHER (MOLLY PICON)

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I woke up to the loveliest review of my game! https://www.heyalma.com/the-interactive-jewish-fantasy-game-that-feels-like-home/

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My main thoughts during this DS9 rewatch can be distilled down to "Armin Shimerman consistently gives the best performances on DS9, using the whole body as an instrument"

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Actores israelitas en Buenos Aires, Argentina

🇦🇷 En la calle Jean Jaurès 746 de Buenos Aires se encuentra la Sociedad de Actores Israelitas, fundada en los años 30 por actores judíos polacos que llegaron a 🇦🇷 escapando de la pobreza y el fascismo. Este espacio no solo sirvió como un sindicato, sino también como una mutual, ofreciendo préstamos, ayuda en momentos de necesidad, e incluso velatorios para los actores. La sociedad tuvo estrecha conexión con el teatro judío, como el del edificio de la AMIA en la calle Pasteur, tristemente recordado por el atentado de 1994. Personalidades destacadas como Maurice Schwartz, Molly Picon y Jacob Ben-Ami dejaron su huella en este escenario. Entre las figuras locales, Rosita Londner, cantante y actriz, honró el legado cultural junto a su esposo, el actor y cantante Henri Gerro, quien llegó a Argentina en 1951 y destacó por su trabajo en idish y castellano. Hoy, la sociedad sigue viva gracias al apoyo de instituciones como la AMIA, preservando la cultura judía a través del teatro y la música.

🇺🇸 Located at Jean Jaurès 746 in Buenos Aires, the Society of Jewish Actors was established in the 1930s by Jewish actors fleeing poverty and fascism in Poland. This space functioned as a union and a mutual aid organization, providing loans, support during tough times, and funeral arrangements for actors. It became a hub for Jewish theater, closely tied to the AMIA building on Pasteur Street, tragically destroyed in the 1994 bombing. Luminaries like Maurice Schwartz, Molly Picon, and Jacob Ben-Ami graced its stage. Among local icons, singer and actress Rosita Londner celebrated Jewish culture with her husband, Henri Gerro, a renowned actor and Yiddish performer who arrived in Argentina in 1951. Thanks to institutions like AMIA, the Society remains active, preserving Jewish culture through theater and music.

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The cast of Bud Yorkin’s COME BLOW YOUR HORN (1963), Frank Sinatra, Dan Blocker, Molly Picon, Barbara Rush, Tony Bill, Jill St. John, and Lee J. Cobb

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Molly Picon (February 28, 1898 - April 5, 1992)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yej33LnjVDg

I feel like most people today, if they have any idea who Molly Picon was, think of her as Yenta the shadchn in the movie of Fiddler on the Roof.  I always think that must have been a weird role for her to play, because as a younger woman, she was a giant star of actual Yiddish movies, including quite a few set in the kind of shtetl that Anatevka evokes.  She also performed in the Yiddish theater, on the radio, and on Broadway, and she was known as a comedienne. 

A better translation for the title of this song would be “Believe It Or Not,” and can’t you just see Molly Picon performing this at some cabaret somewhere in New York?  Maybe Sophie Tucker is there as well, ready to bring the house down after this comic interlude with a raunchy torch song.

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Fiddle on the Roof (1971) Movie Recommendation

Fiddle on the Roof – ABC Film Challenge – Oscar Nominations –  F – Fiddler on the Roof – Movie Recommendation Director: Norman Jewison Writer: Sholom Aleichem (Screenplay) Cast Topol (Flash Gordon) Norma Crane (They Call me Mister Tibbs!) Leonard Frey (The Boys in the Band) Molly Picon (The Cannonball Run) Paul Mann (America, America) Plot: In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant…