{"id":1777,"date":"2020-03-11T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:51:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:51:10","slug":"biz-120-the-yiddish-artists-and-friends-actors-club-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/biz-120-the-yiddish-artists-and-friends-actors-club-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Biz 120: The Yiddish Artists and Friends Actors\u2019 Club at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first time\u00a0I ascended the steep flight of stairs to the second floor of the\u00a0Hebrew Actors\u2019 Union building<\/a>, I had the sense of entering a place frozen in time. Near the door stood a telephone booth with a handwritten list of Yiddish actors and their telephone numbers. The walls were covered with portraits of Yiddish stage stars. A bust of playwright\u00a0Jacob Gordin<\/a>\u00a0presided over a giant, old-fashioned radio and an assortment of Yiddish books on low shelves. Old Chanukah decorations hung from the painted tin ceiling. A hodgepodge of vintage tables and chairs, arranged lengthwise, filled most of the hall. A banner with comedy-tragedy icons hung prominently at the front of the room: \u201cYAFAC<\/a>: Yidishe artistn un fraynd aktyorn-klub\u201d (Yiddish Artists and Friends Actors\u2019 Club).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Standing, on right: Hy Wolfe, YAFAC Vice President.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I was amazed to find this antiquated space animated by the laughter and warm conversation of Yiddish theatre denizens, including many now-departed Yiddish actors of the older generation, such as\u00a0David<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Nina Rogow<\/a>,\u00a0Minna Bern<\/a>,\u00a0Shifra Lerer<\/a>,\u00a0Fyvush Finkel<\/a>, and\u00a0Esta Saltzman<\/a>, whose witty remarks and anecdotes could fill many more articles.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Top row, from left: Mina Bern, Shira Flam, Atara Hazan, and Shifra Lerer.
Bottom row, from left: Zalman Rogow, Nina Rogow, David Rogow, Shoshana Balaban Wolkowicz, and Horacio Wolkowicz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Back then, attendance was by invitation only, in my case as a guest of members who were required to vouch for me. Once seated, it was hard to wriggle out from the closely packed tables cluttered with bowls of coleslaw, pickles, and seltzer. Harried waitstaff brought plates of kosher food from the club\u2019s tiny kitchen, and circulated with bottles of liquor. According to YAFAC Vice President Hy Wolfe<\/a>, he and other members, including Reyzel Breier, and the late Lena and Irving Glass, used to serve the food themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evening began with welcoming remarks in Yiddish and English, as the organization\u2019s convivial president, Corey (Gedalye) Breier, proclaimed his\u00a0nakhes<\/em>\u00a0at seeing a young person speaking Yiddish and reading the\u00a0Forverts<\/em>. Attendees rose to sing \u201cHatikvah\u201d and \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d (the American flag near the stage had forty-eight stars), as trained, operatic voices rose dramatically above the rest. According to Hy, the Yiddish theatre pianist and music director\u00a0Renee Solomon<\/a>\u00a0used to play the piano for YAFAC events; today, singer-pianist-bandleader\u00a0Mitch Kahn<\/a>\u00a0fills this role. Hy also recalls late members like the singer-actor David Carrey (formerly Secretary), and\u00a0Zypora Spaisman<\/a>, who ran the\u00a0Folksbiene<\/a>,\u00a0Claire Barry<\/a>\u00a0of the legendary Barry Sisters, and guests such as\u00a0Joe Franklin from WEVD Radio<\/a>\u00a0and the actor\u00a0Jerry Stiller<\/a>. Once, I was star-struck by a rare appearance by retired Yiddish actress and recording artist\u00a0Mary Soreanu<\/a>,\u00a0tsu lengere yor\u00a0<\/em>(more years to come).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mikhl Baran (left) and Corey (Gedalye) Brier (right) at a YAFAC pre-Chanukah celebration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This was my introduction to YAFAC, one of the longest continually active Yiddish theatre organizations in the world. At 85, YAFAC still provides a friendly and supportive space for Yiddish actors, and for an expanded community of Yiddish theatre enthusiasts. Today, the club meets in a larger rented, wheelchair-accessible space, while the original building sits vacant, the focus of efforts by the\u00a0Hebrew Actors Foundation<\/a>\u00a0to secure funding for a renovated and reimagined space. Gone are the beloved actors of the older generation, though their descendants, friends, and fans continue to attend, along with current Yiddish actors and musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fyvush Finkel (1922-2016).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For Yiddish theatre enthusiasts, the organization\u2019s annual cemetery visit connects the past to the present. Each fall preceding the High Holidays, YAFAC visits the burial plots of the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance in\u00a0Mount Hebron Cemetery<\/a>\u00a0in Flushing, NY. Here one finds the\u00a0graves of Yiddish actors, musicians, writers and stage personnel<\/a>\u2014a veritable Who\u2019s Who of Yiddish theatre in America. Visitors pay tribute to the Yiddish theatre personnel killed in the Holocaust; a cantor chants \u201cEl mole rakhamim\u201d (merciful god\u201d; Hebrew prayer for the soul of the departed) and everyone sings\u00a0Hirsh Glik<\/a>\u2019s partisan hymn \u201cZog nit keyn mol<\/a>.\u201d Stones are placed on graves, and\u00a0bronfn<\/em>\u00a0(liquor) and\u00a0lekekh<\/em>\u00a0(cake) are served.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gates to the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, NY.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The descendants of the Yiddish stars resting here continue the creative legacy: YAFAC members today include actors\u00a0Mike Burstyn<\/a>\u00a0(son of\u00a0Lillian Lux Burstein<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Pesach\u2019ke Burstein<\/a>) and\u00a0Rick Grossman<\/a>\u00a0(son of\u00a0Diana Goldberg<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Irving Grossman<\/a>), and TV\/stage\/screen writer\u00a0Melanie Mintz<\/a>\u00a0(granddaughter of lyricist, playwright and actor\u00a0Jacob Jacobs<\/a>\u00a0and daughter of actress\u00a0Thelma Mintz<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n

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From left: Mike Burstyn, Lillian Lux, and Peysach\u2019ke Burstein in\u00a0The megillah of Itzik Manger\u00a0<\/em>(1968).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

YAFAC: The Early Years<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Paul Muni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Zalmen Zylbercweig\u2019s\u00a0Leksikon fun yidishn teate<\/em><\/a>r\u00a0<\/em>(volume 3, pp. 2281\u20132284) describes the organization\u2019s first twenty-five years. In 1932, Yiddish actor turned Hollywood star\u00a0Paul Muni<\/a>\u00a0was performing in\u00a0Counsellor-at-Law<\/em><\/a>, when he wrote to\u00a0Max Friedlander<\/a>\u00a0that he wanted to meet with the \u201cboys\u201d (his friends with whom he had performed Yiddish theatre in Chicago). They met on June 8, 1932, in\u00a0Moscowitz and Lupowitz\u2019s Romanian Restaurant<\/a>\u00a0after the show. In attendance were Dovid Yanover,\u00a0Moyshe (Morrs) Dorf<\/a>,\u00a0Max Henig<\/a>, Sam Gershtenberg, playwright\u00a0Louis Freiman<\/a>,\u00a0Max Friedlander<\/a>, Sam Gertler,\u00a0Irving Grossman<\/a>,\u00a0Samuel H. Cohen<\/a>,\u00a0Irving Jacobson<\/a>,\u00a0David Denk<\/a>,\u00a0and writer M. (Mendel) Osherovits.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The First Founders.
First row: Louis Freiman, Max Henig, David Yanover, and Samuel H. Cohen.
Second Row: David Denk, M. Osherovits, Irving Jacobson, Irving Grossman, Moyshe (Morrs) Dorf, Paul Muni, Max Friedlander, Sam Gershtenberg, and Sam Gertler.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Three years later, after the death of Paul Muni\u2019s mother (Yiddish actress\u00a0Saltshe Vayzenfraynd<\/a>), her second husband Morris Nestor returned from Los Angeles, and the idea of creating a club called \u201cMir Shikager\u201d (We Chicagoans) was born.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fayvl and Saltshe Vayzenfraynd: Isaac declares his love for Taybele.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The club was officially founded on January 17, 1935, in the Hebrew Actors\u2019 Union building. The first administrators were elected unanimously: Paul Muni: Honorary President, Hymie Jacobson<\/a>: President, Moyshe (Morris) Nestor: Vice-President, David Denk<\/a>: Treasurer, Max Friedlander<\/a>: Recording Secretary, and a three-person committee of Julius Nathanson<\/a>, Max Henig<\/a>, and Samuel H. Cohen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foundations of the club were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Chicagoan friends: all for one and one for all.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Once a Chicagoan, always a Chicagoan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. When, God forbid, a brother is in need, he can trust his brother.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. To share the last we have.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. From near and far, we will always be connected through letters, telegrams, or telephone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Help should come without investigation; the outside world should not know.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Everyone should help to collect a fund for the organization in order to help its members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. For a Chicago friend, nothing is too difficult<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. From the other end of the world, a Chicago friend should be brought home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. In sadness and joy, all Chicago friends should be together as one big family of friendship, solidarity, and brotherliness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. The Chicago bond is from today until forever.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Jennie Goldstein (1896-1960).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    On November 13, 1936, Irving Grossman was chosen as President and Samuel H. Cohen<\/a> as Finance Secretary. The first Executive Board, chosen by secret ballot, was: Louis Freiman<\/a>, Jennie Goldstein<\/a>, Max Bozyk<\/a>, Mikhl Mikhalesko<\/a>, David Denk<\/a>, and Jack Segal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    During Mikhalesko\u2019s tenure, the name of the organization was changed to \u201cYidishe artistn un fraynd aktyorn-klub\u201d (Yiddish Artists and Friends Actors\u2019 Club, Inc.), to give all people of the profession the possibility of membership, and leaders included\u00a0Max Henig<\/a>, Joe Grossman, Abe Dorf, Jennie Cohen, Sam Gertler, and Arthur Winters. The later presidents were:\u00a0Max Kletter<\/a>,\u00a0Herman Yablokoff<\/a>, Misha German,\u00a0Mikhl Mikhalesko<\/a>, and Oscar Green.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Herman Yablokoff (1903-1981).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    The organization had a record of countless acts of help, such as anonymous gifts, to those in need. The board members of 1959-1960, who were preparing a twenty-fifth-year jubilee for the organization [at the time this entry was published], were: Jack Segal: President, Anna Tabak: Vice President, Morris Tarlovski: Recording Secretary, Shirley Segal: Finance Secretary, and Harry Was: Treasurer. The executive board consisted of:\u00a0Mordechai Yachson<\/a>: Secretary,\u00a0Julius Adler<\/a>, Sylvia (Fishman) Friedlander, Ida Green, Irving Jacobson,\u00a0Phillip Laskowski<\/a>, Charles Litt, Isaac Lipinsky, Israel Rosenberg,\u00a0Lilly Satz<\/a>, and Julius Vane. As an advisory committee were the former presidents: Max Bozyk, David Denk,\u00a0Louis Freiman<\/a>, Jennie Goldstein, and Oscar Green.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    The current administration of \u201cYiddish Artists and Friends\u201d (ca. 1959).
    Seated, from right: Lillian Satz, Ida Green, Shirley Segal (Finance Secretary), Jack Segal (President), Anna Tabak (Vice President), Silvia Friedlander, and Henrietta Jacobson.
    Second row, standing: Abraham Rotenstein, Harry Wex (Cashier), Oscar Green, and Moyshe (Morris) Tarlovski (Recording Secretary), Mordechai Yachson (Executive Secretary), Charles Litt, Julius Adler, Max Bozyk.
    Third row, standing: David Denk, Irving Jacobson, Julius Vane, Isaac Lipinsky, Israel Rosenberg, Louis Freiman, and Phillip Laskowsky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    Continuing the legacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Today, YAFAC still holds seasonal events. Most recently, there was a Molly Picon tribute concert that was held in cooperation with the\u00a0Yiddish New York<\/a>\u00a0festival. These events are largely produced by tireless volunteers, especially longtime President Corey (Gedalye) Breier, Vice President Hy Wolfe, Correspondence Secretary Ruth Harris, and her spouse Steven Harris, YAFAC\u2019s resident piano tuner.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Flyer for Molly, Yiddish New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    Every spring (this year on Tuesday, March 31), the YAFAC Yiddish cultural pre-Passover seder draws a crowd of approximately 150 people in an interactive event by turns hilarious and solemn. Guests read Yiddish and English texts from the Workers\u2019 Circle\u2019s\u00a0hagode<\/em>, and sing Yiddish Passover songs together, led by\u00a0Cantor Moshe Bear<\/a>\u00a0with pianist Alex Rubinstein. A glatt kosher Peysekh-style meal is served. Guest artists perform songs. The community memorializes those killed in the Holocaust and candles are lit by survivors and their descendants as \u201cAni ma\u2019amin\u201d is chanted. In recent years, a gift by the late\u00a0Nina Rogow<\/a>\u00a0has sponsored the participation of young Yiddish speakers in the seder to aid in the Yiddish readings. The evening ends on a joyous note with music and dancing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Concluding dance at the 2019 YAFAC seder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    At 85, YAFAC is still going strong. To learn more about the annual pre-Passover Yiddish Cultural Seder on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. visit the\u00a0YAFAC Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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