Upcoming 14Y Jewish Life Events
Jewish Luck: World Premiere of a New Live Score
Saturday, December 21
5:30-6:00 PM: Discussion
6:30-8:00 PM: Film Screening with Live Performance & Q&A
*If you plan to attend the discussion, please arrive by 5:15.
Tickets: $18
Presented by 14Y and Yiddish New York
Co-sponsored by Humanities New York, YIVO, and COJECO
Come for a special screening of the 1925 Yiddish film, Jewish Luck and enjoy a live performance of a brand-new film score commissioned by 14Y and the Yiddish New York festival. The new score will be performed live by the composer and acclaimed musician, Lori Goldston, and accordionist, Ilya Shneyves. Prior to the film screening, there will be a discussion with acclaimed musician and composer, Lori Goldston, film expert, Jim Hoberman, specialist of Soviet Yiddish theater, Yelena Shmulenson, and moderator, Eve Sicular. Please join us for the world premiere of this exciting new take on one of the most important Yiddish films.
This event is sponsored by a Humanities New York Action Grant and presented by 14Y and Yiddish New York with promotional support from YIVO and COJECO.
About the film
Jewish Luck, one of the most important Soviet Yiddish films, is based on Sholem Aleichem’s series of ironically comic stories featuring the character Menakhem Mendl – a daydreaming entrepreneur who specializes in doomed strike-it-rich schemes. The film’s creative team included a who’s who of the Soviet Jewish arts scene at the time, with celebrated author Isaac Babel writing idiomatically sardonic intertitles. Both of the film’s lead actor Solomon (Shloyme) Mikhoels and director Alexey Granovsky were key members of the GOSET, the sensationally modernist Soviet Yiddish Theater company, and widely considered one of the best theaters in the Soviet Union. Lastly, it has been speculated that the cinematography by Eduard Tissé in fact inspired the filming of certain scenes in one of his later projects, Sergei Eisenstein’s epic and groundbreaking The Battleship Potemkin.
Light Up the Night: 14Y’s Downtown Chanukah Celebration
Thursday, December 26
Union Square North | 6 PM
14Y | 6:30 PM
Free
Start the evening in Union Square at 6:00 PM with a meaningful menorah lighting, a soulful Yiddish music performance by Broadway singer Joanne Borts, and an Insta-Choir experience.
The party continues! Join us back at 14Y at 6:30 PM for a festive Chanukah Party! Enjoy holiday-themed crafts for kids, mesmerizing LED light juggling, a Mizrahi playlist, photobooth, bounce houses, and, of course, delicious jelly donuts.
Whether you join us at Union Square, the Chanukah Party at 14Y, or both, we can’t wait to celebrate this special holiday with you and our downtown community. Together, let’s Light Up the Night!
This event is being co-sponsored with Bechol Lashon, Havurah, Kanisse, PJ Library, The LUNAR Collective, The Workers Circle, and members of the Downtown Jewish Life Network, including Brotherhood Synagogue, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue, East End Temple, Emanu-El Downtown, Lab/Shul, New Shul, Town and Village Synagogue, and The Village Temple.