Desc: Almonds and Raisins: Directed by David Elstein, Russ Karel. With Celia Adler, Herschel Bernardi, Eugenie Besserer, Fanny Brice. This documentary examines the dozens of Yiddish-language talking films made in the United States and Europe between the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927 and the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.