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Apr 13, 2016

Should a Married Woman Visit a Yiddish Music Hall?

Judith Thissen

“What a strange question,” you might think. Why would it be a problem if someone went to a music hall simply to have some fun? In the early 1900s, the answer was complicated.
Mar 07, 2016

Rare Yiddish Manuscripts from Helsinki Performed Again

Simo Muir

In 2005, a room full of forgotten archival materials from the Jewish community of Helsinki was discovered in the cellar of a house in the center of the Finnish capital.
Feb 19, 2016

Yiddish Theatre in Denmark, 1906-56

Morten Thing

In 1912, a Jewish tailor left Imperial Russia for Denmark.
Feb 08, 2016

Uncle Ed, Yiddish Theatre Impresario

Faith Jones

“My Uncle Ed was a Yiddish theatre impresario,” my friend Martha mentioned casually, as we were busy prepping for an event at our local Yiddish organization.
Jan 19, 2016

A Tribute to Sonia Lizaron

Arnold Zable

Delivered at her funeral service, 26 August 2015.
Jan 04, 2016

Boris Thomashefsky and Aaron Lebedeff

Zachary Baker

A few years ago, while roaming the open stacks of the Stanford University Libraries, I came across a copy of Thomashefsky’s memoir, Mayn lebens-geshikhte (The Story of My Life).
Dec 17, 2015

Interview: Indecent Playwright Paula Vogel and Director Rebecca Taichman

Joel Berkowitz

Paula Vogel’s drama Indecent premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, in October, and then moved to the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, where it just completed its run. Next
Dec 04, 2015

Six Degrees of Yankev Blayfer

Debra Caplan

Yankev Blayfer. Sonia Alomis. Leola Vendorf. Baruch Lumet. Wolf Barzel. Who are these figures and what is their place in history? Their names don’t appear in any theatre history or reference work. The
Nov 17, 2015

The Sholem Asch Festival: Poland Rediscovers a Yiddish Dramatist

David Mazower

Every two years around this time I visit the Polish town of Kutno, for the Jewish festival named after my great-grandfather, the Yiddish writer Sholem Asch.
Oct 26, 2015

Yiddish Lives, Smirks, and Breathes: Restoring Community Theatre into Yiddish History

C. Tova Markenson

Diving off of the raised proscenium stage, I don a fish mask and begin to swim through the audience. “Vu zaynen di fish?” (Where are the fish?).
Jul 02, 2015

A Lost Film, Found

Margaret Compton

I’d never heard of him before, but I’ve found out a few things about Mark Schweid since February.
Jun 29, 2015

The Krakow Yiddish Theatre Postcards - a Crowdsourcing Experiment

David Mazower

Think of the pulsating energy of Motown’s dawn in Detroit. Or the soaring sounds of early jazz in New Orleans.