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# Yiddish author celebrated
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/yiddish-author-celebrated/
- Published: 2004-10-13T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:17:17.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Pier, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Fans of one of the most celebrated authors of the century can learn more about him tonight during a screening of a short film and panel discussion.

The Santa Monica Pier helps celebrate the life and work of the most famous Yiddish author of the 20th Century with a screening of “The Cafeteria,” followed by a discussion with leading Los Angeles film critic Kenneth Turan. The community program of the Santa Monica Public Library will be presented in the Arcadia building at 250 Santa Monica Pier today, Oct. 13 starting promptly at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Call (310) 458-8600, or visit www.smpl.org <http://www.smpl.org/, for more information. 2004 is the centennial year of the master storyteller Isaac Bashevis Singer, who in 1978 became the first Yiddish author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. For more information, visit www.singer100.org <http://www.singer100.org/.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 13, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101304.pdf?ref=smdp.com)