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Aug 15, 2019 · By Lior Zaltzman Aug 15, 2019. I was born in 1988, the year Crossing Delancey — arguably the most Jewish rom-com ever made — came out. And yet, despite being passionately Jewish and an ardent fan of rom-coms, it somehow took me 31 years to see this enchanting, underrated masterpiece of the genre. Crossing Delancey is the story of Isabelle ...
Aug 25, 2018 · ‘Crossing Delancey,’ now 30 years old, was the ultimate Jewish rom-com. The 1988 film was the rare cinematic portrait of an authentic Jewish romance, much like the previous year’s ‘Dirty...
Aug 28, 2018 · NYJW Arts. ‘Crossing Delancey,’ Now 30 Years Old, Was The Ultimate Jewish Rom-Com. By Stephen Silver August 28, 2018 11:09 am. Advertisement. Warning: There are spoilers about “Crossing...
Aug 24, 2018 · ‘Crossing Delancey,’ now 30 years old, was the ultimate Jewish rom-com. Stephen Silver. Posted Aug 24, 2018 at 4: 35 PM. Warning: There are spoilers about “Crossing Delancey” below....
- A Lovely Bubbie
- An Ethnic Flavor
- Jewish Traditions
The drama centers on Isabelle (“Izzie”) Grossman–a lovely performance by Amy Irving–who insists she is content with her job at a New York bookstore where she organizes literary soirees for outstanding writers and publishers who rely upon her. Izzie also enjoys visiting her “Bubbie” (an Anglicization of bubbeh, Yiddish for “Grandma”), a delightful p...
With such an “ethnic flavor”–all the way down to the pickles–and with such a clear contrast between Izzie’s Manhattan and her grandmother’s Lower East Side, the film could easily have fallen into stereotypes, but it doesn’t. Likewise, it could have been so self-conscious that its characters might have lacked any flavor or authenticity at all. Fortu...
It is heartbreaking that some of the truly beautiful and authentic allusions to Jewish traditions will be lost to the general audience due to lack of explanation or at least translation, such as Sam’s reference to attending the daily minyan. The most moving and romantic line in the entire film is Sam’s line that he was so happy to see Izzie that he...
Aug 24, 2018 · Much like the previous year’s “Dirty Dancing,” “Crossing Delancey” — directed by Joan Micklin Silver and adapted from a play by Susan Sandler — is an enjoyable, crowd-pleasing romance involving Jewish characters. Like countless other movies before and since, it involves a New York love triangle in which the heroine faces a choice ...
May 15, 2024 · CROSSING DELANCEY at Jewish Repertory Theatre is as sweet a rom-com as it comes. THE BASICS: CROSSING DELANCEY, the 1985 play by Susan Sandler, directed by Steve Vaughan, presented by...
