How to Be a Jewish Mother
Playbill for a play starring Molly Picon and Godfrey Cambridge
USA, 1967
Museum Collection
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The Jewish Mother
The Yiddishe mama – the Jewish mother – stars in Jewish family jokes. She is overbearing and an obsessive worrier, who smothers her children with love and attention. The image of the Jewish mother can be found among Jews worldwide – from Warsaw to Casablanca, and from New York to Tel Aviv.
