Women in Yiddish Theatre
May 12, 2022
Khine Braginskaya: The Earliest Days of the Yiddish Theatre in Russia
Khine Braginskaya’s career, much like the career of her husband Avrom Fishzon, reflected almost all of the Yiddish theatre’s historical chapters.
December 7, 2021
My Path to the Yiddish Theatre: David Edelstadt’s Revolutionary Recitation
Bella Bellarina was born in Warsaw on July 15, 1898, into the legendary Rubinlicht family, known for the intellectual and cultural accomplishments of its worldly children.
December 6, 2021
“Permit New Actors on the Stage?”: A 1905 Protest Letter by Tsipe Abelman
Tsipe (Tsipoyre) Abelman trained as a factory seamstress before performing in popular musical works on the Yiddish stage.
October 19, 2021
Interview with Nahma Sandrow, translator and editor
Joel Berkowitz and Nahma Sandrow in conversation about her new anthology, Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance.
June 21, 2021
The Bird of COVID
Chava Rosenfarb’s Der foygl fun geto (The Bird of the Ghetto) had its Yiddish-language premiere April 18 to 22, on the Folksbiene’s video channel.
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.