FILM | "Sholem Aleichem: A Conversation with Ruth Wisse and David Roskies" Date: Sunday, May 29, 2016 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Location: Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St. Amherst, MA 01002 The premiere of a special film, recorded live last fall at the Yiddish Book Center: on the hundredth anniversary of the death of Sholem Aleichem, two of the world’s most engaging Yiddish scholars—Ruth Wisse, recently retired from Harvard, and her brother, David Roskies, of Hebrew University and the Jewish Theological Seminary—retell, discuss, and debate their favorite Sholem Aleichem stories in a lively, freewheeling demonstration.USA, 2015, 80 minutes, color, English. Director: Joseph Dorman. COST:Student | $4Member | $6General Admission | $8 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