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.


July 15, 2020

Teaching with the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project

Yiddish in the time of COVID.
July 2, 2020

Interview: Filmmaker Alejandro Vagnenkos on the Buenos Aires Yiddish Legend Jevel Katz

Patricial Nuriel interviews Alejandro Vagnenkos about his documentary Jevel Katz y sus paisanos.
May 29, 2020

Between Biznes and Art: Commercial and Independent Companies in the Yiddish Theatre of Buenos Aires (1930-1960)

“If you can find an enthused theatre crowd 6,000 miles from New York, it means that Yiddish theatre still has a future.”
April 21, 2020

“S’iz nisht dos vos amol iz geven”: Max Perlman (1909-1985)

Of all the Yiddish entertainers to have visited South Africa after the Holocaust, Max Perlman is virtually the only artist who is still remembered today.
April 7, 2020

Shtumer shabes: A New Play by Rokhl Kafrissen

An interview with the playwright by the DYTP’s Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel.
March 11, 2020

Biz 120: The Yiddish Artists and Friends Actors’ Club at 85

85 years of the Yiddish Artists and Friends Actors’ Club…