Digital Yiddish Theatre Project

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Nov 02, 2020

Ven Moysh iz geforn: Maurice Schwartz on the Yiddish Theatre in Argentina in 1930 (Part I)

Zachary Baker

In May 1930, Maurice Schwartz – Yiddish actor, director, impresario – went to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Long Form

Jun 29, 2019

“A Piquant Curiosity”: The Gender-Bending Drama Yo a man, nit a man

Zachary Baker

Read about the gender-bending play Yo a man, nit a man (Yes a Man, Not a Man).

Long Form

Jul 29, 2020

How Two Nudniks Saved History from the Fire

Vassili Schedrin

The Moscow State Yiddish Theatre archives are available digitally!

Jul 15, 2020

Teaching with the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project

Sonia Gollance, Caitlin Hatten

Yiddish in the time of COVID.

Jul 02, 2020

Interview: Filmmaker Alejandro Vagnenkos on the Buenos Aires Yiddish Legend Jevel Katz

Patricia G. Nuriel

Patricial Nuriel interviews Alejandro Vagnenkos about his documentary Jevel Katz y sus paisanos.

May 29, 2020

Between Biznes and Art: Commercial and Independent Companies in the Yiddish Theatre of Buenos Aires (1930-1960)

Paula Ansaldo

“If you can find an enthused theatre crowd 6,000 miles from New York, it means that Yiddish theatre still has a future.”

Apr 21, 2020

“S’iz nisht dos vos amol iz geven”: Max Perlman (1909-1985)

Veronica Belling

Of all the Yiddish entertainers to have visited South Africa after the Holocaust, Max Perlman is virtually the only artist who is still remembered today.

Long Form

Apr 07, 2020

Shtumer shabes: A New Play by Rokhl Kafrissen

Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel

An interview with the playwright by the DYTP’s Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel.

Mar 11, 2020

Biz 120: The Yiddish Artists and Friends Actors’ Club at 85

Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel

85 years of the Yiddish Artists and Friends Actors’ Club…

Feb 13, 2020

Interview with Joshua Horowitz on the Orchestration of Bas-Sheve

Jake Marmer, John Schott

In February 2019, Josh Horowitz was sent the manuscript of Henekh Kon’s piano and vocal score of the only known pre-Holocaust Yiddish opera, Bas-Sheve.

Jan 23, 2020

Interview: Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin on Their Film Score for The Ancient Law

Mark Slobin

Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin on scoring a Weimar-era film about a backwoods Jewish boy whose talent leads him to show business success and possible romance with a well-placed Gentile woman.

Dec 20, 2019

Magic and Melody Delight in a Yiddish Fairytale Reborn

Debra Caplan

Debra Caplan reviews The Sorceress / Di Kishefmakherin at the National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene.