found: Washington post WWW site, via WWW viewed Jan. 6, 2021(in obituary dated Jan. 4, 2021: Joan Micklin Silver, who broke Hollywood barriers as a writer and director, spotlighting women's stories and exploring American Jewish life in movies including the low-budget comedy-drama "Hester Street" and the studio romantic comedy "Crossing Delancey," died Dec. 31 at her home in Manhattan. She was 85. Written and directed by Ms. Silver, Hester Street was shot in black and white for less than $400,000, with much of the dialogue in Yiddish. Husband Raphael D. Silver; Joan Micklin was born in Omaha on May 24, 1935)