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Mar 18, 2015

Russians? Cossacks? Jews? The Russian Imperial Singers Unmasked

David Mazower

Some photographs just make you smile.
Mar 04, 2015

A Writer, a Painter, and Queen Esther

Zachary Baker

For readers of this blog, Purim reminds us that modern Yiddish theatre traces its lineage from the traditional folk drama genre known as the Purim-shpil.
Feb 04, 2015

Goldfaden’s Rules for Yiddish Actors

Joel Berkowitz

In 1888, the first school for Yiddish actors was supposed to open in New York. It never did.
Jan 29, 2015

Ola Lillith’s Edgy, Avant-Garde Yiddish Cabaret

Jane Peppler

I first discovered Ola Lilith while researching for my band Mappamundi’s Cabaret Warsaw CD.
Jan 21, 2015

The Talented Mr Rotblat and His Micrographic Tribute to Jacob Gordin

David Mazower

This is the story behind an exquisite portrait of a Yiddish dramatist.
Jan 13, 2015

Yiddish Theatre Posters of the 1890s

Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel

The New York Public Library’s Digital Collection includes Yiddish theatre posters dating back more than a hundred years.
Jan 01, 2015

The Chasidim Ball

Faith Jones

Between 1921 and 1933, a “Chasidim Ball” was held to raise funds for Poale Zion, or for the Peretz Shule. But why?
Dec 21, 2014

“Entertainment”?

Michael Steinlauf

Over the past year, as time has permitted, I’ve been revisiting the subject of theatre in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Dec 15, 2014

Advice from Sidney Lumet’s Yiddish Actor Dad

Debra Caplan

Sidney Lumet was a legendary director. He was also a child actor in the Yiddish theatre.
Dec 14, 2014

An Amateur Yiddish Theater in Cairo

David Mazower

I bought this photograph on eBay, intrigued by the combination of the Cairo photographer’s mark and the Yiddish language banner.
Dec 08, 2014

Introducing the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project!

Debra Caplan, Joel Berkowitz

Welcome to the blog of the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project, a research consortium dedicated to the application of digital humanities tools and methods to the study of Yiddish theatre and drama.