The Jazz Singer

Yussel Rabinovitch is a young Jewish cantor performing at the synagogue of his imperious father. Yussel is married to his childhood friend, Rivka, and has settled down to a life of religious devotion to the teaching of his faith. On the side, Yussel writes songs for a black singing group, and Yussel covers for him at one of their gigs by wearing blackface. His father tells him that his singing voice was to be used for God's purposes, not his own. Jess's wife Rivka notices him writing the song in his free time and senses that Yussel yearns for a