VIDEO: ‘Shtisel’ bubbe Lea Koenig in a Yiddish music video
The scene reminds us that even a woman in her 80s could feel like a little girl again, longing for her “mommy”
The scene reminds us that even a woman in her 80s could feel like a little girl again, longing for her “mommy”
A newly translated memoir of the actress Esther Rachel Kamińska describes the Yiddish theater in the early 20th century
Mikhl Yashinsky's zesty 'Feast of the Seven Sinners' marries tradition and taboo, with R-rated consequences
Later in life, the founder of the Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Park reconnected with his Yiddish heritage.
A new play aims to counteract stereotypes promoted by many news articles about the Yiddishist community
The play ‘Bashevis’ Demons’ puts three of the Nobel winner’s scary tales on their feet
The play about love and supernatural possession symbolizes both the destruction of European Jewry and Jewish resilience
As a second-generation Bundist, I find the theater collective GLYK’s pro-Palestinian alignment misguided
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