Some listening resources for those who enjoyed the music in Pintele and would like to hear more.

Trav S.D. writes about Pintele on his rightly acclaimed entertainment and culture blog, Travalanche.

In his annual roundup of new Haggadahs, J Weekly’s David A.M. Wilensky shares some thoughts about The Pintele Haggadah.

An acknowledgment of profound debt to Sam Axelrod and his father Meir, who wrote things down.

The series concludes with a look backward and forward. Still seeking answers, we consult Jewish sages like Maimonides and Aunt Sarah. We scratch out a pleasant, simple tune. We recall the genesis of this series, and we begin to understand who we are as Pintele Jews.

We open with a joke in Jerusalem, then face the subject of Israel and Palestine. Next, to lighten things up, we ask what it means to be a Jewish American when fascists occupy the U.S. government. And finally, we close with a song in Bloomfield and a dance in East Berlin.

Transported to South Florida, I contend with racist bullies and kosher wine. A portal to an enchanted world opens, and I cavort through various promised lands with Mel Brooks and other 2,000-year-old men. We conclude with a drama entitled “Death in the Catskills.”

What follows the family to America at the end of Fiddler on the Roof? In this discussion of tradition, precariousness, and the mystical concept of the pintele yid, we consult such sacred texts as The Jazz Singer, Abie’s Irish Rose, and the work of the Marx Brothers.