FILM | "Crossing Delancey" Date: Sunday, August 23, 2020 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Location: Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St. Amherst, MA 01002 Set in modern-day New York, this romantic comedy highlights the contrasting values between first and third generation American Jews by focusing on a 33-year-old single Jewish woman (Amy Irving), who works, lives, and loves in the modern gentile world and repeatedly rejects her grandmother's efforts to find her a traditional Jewish suitor. When she meets "the Pickle Man" (Peter Riegert) she begins reexamining her values as a modern, assimilated Jew and her prejudices against the "traditional" Jewish world.USA, 1988, 97 minutes, Directed by Joan Micklin Silver, EnglishCOST:Student | $6Yiddish Book Center and Springfield JCC Members, Seniors | $8General Admission | $10 Co-sponsored by the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival. Film provided by Swank Motion Pictures, www.swank.com. PLEASE NOTE: Lineup is subject to change. All ticket sales are final, we cannot accommodate refunds or exchanges. We're sorry, the deadline for buying tickets for this event has passed. Return to Calendar