Joan Micklin Silvers first feature-length film, "Hester Street," was an adaption of preeminent Yiddish author Abraham Cahans 1896 well-received first novel "Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto." In the 1975 film, the writer-director brought to the screen a portrait of Eastern European Jewish life
Hester Street (1975)Joan Micklin Silvers first feature-length film, Hester Street, was an adaption of preeminent Yiddish author Abraham Cahans 1896 well-received first novel Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto. In the 1975 film, the writer-director brought to the screen a portrait of Eastern