The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")

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The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement") is a 1922 short story by Samson Raphaelson about a young Jewish man torn between his religious upbringing and his desire to become a jazz performer, which later inspired the landmark 1927 film.

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instanceOf short story
alternativeTitle The Jazz Singer NERFINISHED
author Samson Raphaelson NERFINISHED
authorEthnicity Jewish
authorNationality American
basisFor The Jazz Singer (stage play) NERFINISHED
centralConflict duty to family and faith versus desire for a show-business career
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre fiction
short fiction
inspired The Jazz Singer (1927 film) NERFINISHED
inspiredAdaptationTitle The Jazz Singer NERFINISHED
inspiredAdaptationType film
inspiredAdaptationYear 1927
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
mainCharacter young Jewish man
medium prose
notableFor being the literary source for the first feature-length talking picture
publicationDecade 1920s
publicationYear 1922
religiousContext Yom Kippur NERFINISHED
setting Jewish immigrant milieu in the United States
subject Judaism NERFINISHED
jazz music
theme Jewish identity
assimilation
conflict between religious tradition and secular ambition
family conflict
title The Day of Atonement NERFINISHED

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Samson Raphaelson notableWork The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")
this entity surface form: The Jazz Singer (screenplay)
Samson Raphaelson notableWork The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")
Samson Raphaelson notableWork The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")
this entity surface form: The Jazz Singer (short story)
Samson Raphaelson notableWork The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")
this entity surface form: The Jazz Singer (story, play, film)
Samson Raphaelson notableWork The Jazz Singer (short story "The Day of Atonement")
this entity surface form: The Jazz Singer (adaptations)