Movie Screening and Discussion: The Jazz Singer

Facilitator: Jonathan Kass, Temple Israel Congregant The Jazz Singer (1927), starring Al Jolson, is a landmark American film that tells the story of a young man torn between honoring his family’s Jewish traditions and pursuing a career as a popular singer. Widely recognized as the first feature-length film to successfully combine synchronized dialogue and music, it marked the beginning of the “talkie” era and transformed the motion picture industry.