Yiddish theater
Former Folksbiene CEO quits 6-figure job after résumé-padding investigation
Massimine, who made a number of false claims on his resume, cited mental illness in his resignation.
Today’s Google Doodle has a Yiddish soundtrack
Today’s Google Doodle offers an interactive ode to swing dance — and a bisl Yiddish. Please let me explain.
Sholem Asch’s groundbreaking play, “God of Vengeance”, now streaming in English
The first Broadway production was closed down for portraying unconventional characters and the first lesbian kiss on Broadway.
Is Sinclair Lewis’s 1936 play about American fascism even timelier today?
Nine theaters performing in six languages will revive Sinclair Lewis’ 1936 play “It Can’t Happen Here.”
All-Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ Captures How Jews Really Spoke To Each Other
This was not just a play where the characters spoke Yiddish to each other; it was steeped in Yiddishkeit, the traditional Jewish way of life.
How The Vilna Troupe Took Yiddish Theater Global
The Yiddish theater’s first goal was to develop a modern secular Yiddish culture and bring some hope to the Jewish community during difficult times.
Simchat Torah Ball for Holocaust Survivors - 1949
Posters and photographs reveal how Holocaust survivors celebrated Simchat Torah with Yiddish theater and dancing in the 1940s
New Folksbiene Play: Singing Against Trump’s America
Thirty-five years ago, Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld co-wrote the script for a musical called “The Golden Land” in honor of the 85th anniversary of the Forverts, the world’s oldest Yiddish newspaper.
Yiddish Musical of ‘The Golden Land’ Emerges Somewhat Tarnished
While trying to make the story of Jewish immigration current, “Amerike: The Golden Land” trivializes Jewish experience
Exploring Yiddish Theater, From the Cheap Seats to Backstage
A new exhibit about Yiddish theater tells a conventional story, but it helps us imagine what the art form was like during its heyday.