Series for Film Group Discussions

Clash of Lifestyles

IMMIGRATION:
SENTIMENTAL AND UNSENTIMENTAL JOURNEYS

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

•Does the film give a sense of what the characters left behind in the "old country" and the reasons for their migration?

•How is the "old" country represented in the film?

•How do the characters react to life in the new country? Are there differences between family members? Generations?

•What seems most difficult about settling in a new place? Most appealing? Most confusing?

•If you had to migrate, how would you decide where to go? What problems do you think you would have? Your parents? Your children?

•What happens to Jewish traditions in the new land? Does greater freedom have any costs?

•What are the biggest conflicts represented in the film?

Immigration Introduction

In America

To the Land of Israel

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