Based on stories by the Yiddish master, Shalom Aleichem, the movie tells of Menakhem Mendl (Mikhoels), who drifts from one failed get-rich-quick scheme to the next, reminding of the difficult Jewish plight under the Czars. J. Hoberman: "Affectionate but unsentimental. . . shot mainly in exteriors, Jewish Luck is almost semi-documentary in its representation of a tumbledown section of . . . the Ukraine’s archetypal Jewish town."

For this screening of a restored print from the National Center For Jewish Film, we have special accompanying live music: pianist Yakov Gubanov and violinist Mimi Radson combining on an original score by Gubanov.