Tag: Yiddish

• Der Dibuk: An Early Judaic Take on Exorcism

  

  Now it is time to watch one of the first exorcism movies, and one of the few Polish/Yiddish movies: Der Dibuk (1937). This is one of the few Yiddish language movies to come out of Poland, and it is based on a famous Polish play. Opening prolouge talking about the dybbuk, about how all spirits, […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 21, 2019

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies

  dibuk, dybbuk, exorcism, exorcism cinema, Judaism, Poland, sexism, sexuality, women, Yiddish