AMERICAN MATCHMAKER (Amerikaner Shadchan, 1940)
1. About the director: Edgar G. Ulmer2. About the film:3. Shadkhan and shandkhantke:(Hebrew: “marriage broker,” or “matchmaker”, )
undertakes to arrange a Jewish marriage. Such service was virtually indispensable during the Middle Ages when custom frowned on courtships and numerous Jewish families lived in semi-isolation in small communities. 4. Discussion: |
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