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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

Jun 25, 2019

Top 10 Queerest Moments in the Yiddish Theatre: An Illustrated List In honor of Pride Month 2019

Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel

A DYTP top 10 list.

May 17, 2019

Grand Opera for Yiddish Speakers in Early Twentieth-Century America! Who Knew?!

Daniela Smolov Levy

In the spring of 1904, New York witnessed the unlikely spectacle of a musical-dramatic adaptation of Richard Wagner’s Parsifal—in Yiddish.

Apr 30, 2019

Dystopia on the Verge: Or Why a 1934 Yiddish Play about Charlie Chaplin Still Matters

Debra Caplan

Somewhere, in an obscure port city in Europe…

Apr 15, 2019

The World of Sara Levy

Nancy Sinkoff

Sara Levy studied with Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, son of J. S. Bach, and became an accomplished keyboardist. She also supported a Jewish orphanage in Berlin and was a known salon hostess.

Apr 02, 2019

Yiddish Theatre in Buenos Aires Between the Two World Wars

Susana Skura

Buenos Aires has grown to be one of the most important cities for Yiddish theatre in South America.

Feb 20, 2019

“More Argentine than Martín Fierro”: Jevel Katz’s Debut in Buenos Aires, 1930

Zachary Baker

During the 1930s, Buenos Aires cemented its reputation as one of the capitals of Yiddishland. And Jevel Katz, the Yiddish Carlos Gardel, one of the greats.

Jan 16, 2019

Henry James: The Yiddish Stage in The American Scene

Judith Thissen

Dec 21, 2018

Why Does Muni Weisenfreund Play “Shund”?

Zachary Baker

The career of the young actor Muni Weisenfreund is noteworthy, practically legendary.

Nov 27, 2018

But Enough About Strindberg; Let’s Talk About Goldenberg!

Zachary Baker

Oh, to have witnessed such a scene!

Long Form

Nov 02, 2018

Interview: A New Translation and a New Press

Debra Caplan, Joel Berkowitz

We were interested to learn recently not only about the publication of a new translation of a noteworthy Yiddish play, Moyshe Nadir’s Meshiekh in amerike (Messiah in America, 1932).

Oct 12, 2018

Hatuey: Memory of Fire—An Interview

Joel Berkowitz

As part of our coverage of the recent premiere of Hatuey: Memory of Fire, Joel Berkowitz interviewed members of the production’s creative team about the work’s genesis and influences and much more.