Subjects

Yiddish theatre and drama have explored all of the major themes and issues relating to the Jewish experience from medieval times to the present.


April 17, 2023

Khane Braz: three news articles

These translations are part of a series devoted to Yiddish actresses in the Holocaust, published to mark Yom HaShoah and the eightieth commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
January 30, 2023

My Way Alone, by Chayele Grober (Part II)

Chayele Grober began her stage career as an actress with the Hebrew theatre “Habima.” She also performed as a solo artist in her own program of song, drama, and humor, in both Yiddish and Hebrew.
January 22, 2023

My Way Alone, by Chayele Grober (Part I)

Chayele Grober began her stage career as an actress with the Hebrew theatre Habima. She also performed as a solo artist in her own program of song, drama, and humor, in both Yiddish and Hebrew.
January 5, 2023

Osherowitch and Rumshinsky on the Piety of Regina Prager

Regina Prager was one of the first leading ladies of the Yiddish stage, known for her extraordinary operatic voice and her continued Jewish observance throughout her life.
September 12, 2022

Vos flist durkhn oder: A conversation with playwright Mikhl Yashinsky on his new play

Mikhl Yashinsky’s new one-act Yiddish play premiered at the Lower East Side Play Festival at the Stanton Street Shul in New York City on July 25, 2022.
August 4, 2022

The Yiddish Art Theatre Repertoire: Ten New Synopses for Plotting Yiddish Drama

The Yiddish Art Theatre in Plotting Yiddish Drama.