by Susan Sandler

Directed by Karen Vanover

Crossing Delancey is the story of Isabel, a happy successful Jewish woman, devoted to her grandmother or "Bubbie," who she visits regularly in a Lower East Side neighborhood. Her notions of life, love and even herself are turned upside down when her Bubbie, unimpressed with her granddaughter's single lifestyle, enlists the service of Hannah, the matchmaker. Understandably, Izzy, who is dreaming of a relationship with a sophisticated writer, recoils from such an outdated dating service. Her heritage catches up with her when she meets Sam, the pickle merchant. Neither pickle man nor novelist is what he seems to be which leaves the question: Can old-fashioned matchmaking serve the course of modern love?