A Bridge of Books

Synopsis

In 1939, Yiddish was the spoken language of three-quarters of the world's Jews. But when leading Jewish scholars convened in 1980, they estimated that only 70,000 Yiddish books remained in the world. This engaging, often funny documentary film chronicles the adventures of an enterprising 23-year-old named Aaron Lansky, who rallied together an international network of volunteers and set out to rescue the world's Yiddish books. Twenty years later, the National Yiddish Book Center has collected 1.5 million Yiddish books and helped save a rich diverse, and surprisingly modern literature from oblivion. With rare archival images, and a lyrical portrayal of the National Yiddish Book Center's warehouse and cultural complex, A Bridge Of Books celebrates a pursuit that has become a powerful vehicle for the transmission of history, culture and identity across several generations.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Sam Ball
Production	Producer	Sam Ball
Sound	Music	Larry London
	Additional Soundtrack	Sheldon Katzman
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Jeremiah Moore Dave Nelson
Crew	Cinematography	Brian Dowley
Editing	Editor	Gary Weimberg
	Assistant Editor	Kevin Abrams
Camera	Assistant Camera	Melissa R. Donovan
	Additional Camera	Carter Tomassi
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