"A momentous and diverse anthology of the influences and inspirations of Yiddish voices in America - radical, dangerous, and seductive, but also sweet, generous, and full of life - edited by award-winning authors and scholars Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert. "--from Amazon.com.

"A tribute to Abraham Cahan, founder of a prominent Yiddish language newspaper whose discussion of everything from voting rights to baseball offered crucial guidance to Jewish immigrants"--

In this extraordinarily intimate film, seven years in the making, we are taken into the depths of the Hasidim's joyous, sometimes harsh, and often beautiful world. With their use of the Yiddish language, their distinctive clothes and their strict observance to Jewish ritual and law, the Hasidim are considered by many an insular people with little connection to mainstream America. And yet their values are those that many Americans find most precious:...