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Meet the people who made Yiddish theatre happen: on stage, behind the scenes, and in the audience.


January 16, 2017

Sholem Asch: God of Vengeance is Not an Immoral Play

Because of the wrong interpretation of my play, *The God of Vengeance*, now running at the Apollo Theatre, I wish to make the following statement…
January 7, 2017

Brothel Intrigue, with a Modern Twist: Got fun nekome at the New Yiddish Rep

The New Yiddish Rep’s production is no period play. The play itself feels remarkably modern, even 110 years later, and the New Yiddish Rep has given *Got fun nekome* a production to match.
December 29, 2016

Journeys Through a Life in the Theatre: Charles Slucki (1948-2015)

"There are no small parts, only small actors,” my dad would tell me...
December 23, 2016

Mending The Torn Curtain: A Documentary Film About the First International Yiddish Theatre Festival

Montreal prides itself on being the city of festivals. It is home to the world’s largest, if not the most prestigious, jazz festival, and the largest, and maybe the most prestigious, comedy festival.
November 20, 2016

London – New York, or The Great British Yiddish Theatre Brain Drain

We Brits Have been sending some of our finest actors across the Atlantic for as long as anyone can remember.
November 9, 2016

Dragging the Netherlands into a Global World: Yiddish Theatre and the Ansky Society

The Netherlands never established a permanent Yiddish theatre, but it did establish the Ansky Society