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Aug 03, 2016

Breaking News: Yiddish Theatre Makes Money

Barbara Henry, Alyssa Quint

​Reviews of Avrom Goldfaden’s productions in the Russian empire from 1878 until 1883 are notorious for critics’ snarky pot-shots, huffy asides, and sniffy evaluations.
Jul 27, 2016

How I Rediscovered Di goldene kale (The Golden Bride)

Michael Ochs

Michael Ochs on rediscovering the 1923 Yiddish operetta Di goldene kale by Joseph Rumshinsky.
Apr 26, 2016

Lekoved pesach

Judith Thissen

It was in 1910 that the Yidishes tageblatt (Jewish Daily News) observed, with some dismay, “Where other nationalities spend the bulk of their money at weddings, funerals and processions, the Jew has h
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.