Menahem-Mendl From Tel-Aviv (Yiddish short film; English subtitles)

Hebrew: לכתוביות בעברית: “The Colonist“ or “The Menahem-Mendl“ from Tel Aviv - a feuilliton by the Yiddish humorist Yosef Tunkel, was written during his visit to Palestine in 1931, and places a comic-critic mirror in the face of the Hebrew City, utilizing the image of Menahem-Mendel. This character, created by Sholem Aleichem, was a common term for a person making a living out of thin air, and was a popular discourse among the residents of Tel Aviv, who wished to
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