Writers
Many of the most important Yiddish writers of all time turned at least a hand to playwriting. For some it was their primary focus, for others it played second fiddle to writing fiction, poetry, reportage, or in other genres. Yiddish drama runs the gamut from hastily written hack work to some of the greatest masterpieces of Yiddish literature, and of world drama.
June 17, 2021
Interview: Sabina Brukner on the Folksbiene’s Yiddish Women Playwrights Festival
The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene recently launched its Yiddish Women Playwrights Festival with a reading of Chava Rosenfarb’s drama of the Vilna Ghetto, Der foygl fun geto.
April 12, 2021
Why Wikidata is Good for Yiddish Theatre Research
Part two of two on how the digital humanities can inspire the world of Yiddish theatre.
March 15, 2021
Wikidata, Yiddish Theatre Posters, and the World
Der dibek, 1975, Israeli Yiddish entertainment posters, 1930-1981, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University.
February 17, 2021
Being Shmutzik in the COVID Time
Something different from the 2020 AJS meeting.
November 11, 2020
Ven Moysh iz geforn: Maurice Schwartz on the Yiddish Theatre in Argentina in 1930 (Part I)
In May 1930, Maurice Schwartz – Yiddish actor, director, impresario – went to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
November 11, 2020
Ven Moysh iz geforn: Maurice Schwartz on the Yiddish Theatre in Argentina in 1930 (Part II)
Part II of Maurice Schwartz’s travels to Argentina in 1930.