In 1929 , Sydney M. Goldin returned from Vienna to the Lower East Side , where he formed a partnership with producer Max Cohen . They decided to commence using the already popularized sound technology . In May 1929 they completed '' East Side Sadie '' , which had a few scenes with synchronized dialogue : J. Hoberman noted that in fact , it " contained scarcely more Yiddish than the few words heard in '' The Younger Generation '' " . Then , on 25 October , they released '' Ad Mosay '' ( " Until When " ; English title : '' The Eternal Prayer '' ) . With a budget of $ 3,000 , this 36-minute musical revue loosely inspired by the 1929 Hebron massacre was the first real Yiddish talkie . Goldin then allied with executive Joseph Seiden , who established the studio Judea Film and was keen on reaching the large Yiddish-speaking immigrant public . The pair produced eight rather short sound pictures within just a year , each within a $ 3,000 budget and a single day of principal photography . The artistic quality of these films was deemed so low that the Yiddish Actors ' Union prohibited its members from appearing in them , lest they damage the union 's reputation
1929 Hebron massacre
1929 Hebron massacre
Yiddish cinema