Politics

Our current Plotting Yiddish Drama batch gives a taste of the Yiddish one-act plays that were written for children.

Pinski came to prominence as a Yiddish writer and playwright, yet his connection to German theatre and cultural life was strong.

Yaschar Aronowicz, My father, participated in Yiddish theatre for three decades, in at least two European cities, Berlin and Paris.

A Twitter summary of its production history would read something like this: “admired, translated, parodied, panned, banned, prosecuted, withdrawn, forgotten, revived, celebrated.”

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

Between 1921 and 1933, a “Chasidim Ball” was held to raise funds for Poale Zion, or for the Peretz Shule. But why?