Why the new play ‘The Gospel According to Chaim’ is a big deal
Playwright Mikhl Yashinsky proves you don’t need a Yiddish-speaking milieu to create high-quality works of drama in the language
Playwright Mikhl Yashinsky proves you don’t need a Yiddish-speaking milieu to create high-quality works of drama in the language
New Yiddish Rep’s ‘Gospel According to Chaim’ gracefully grapples with a taboo subject
The play 'Amid Falling Walls' links the Bundist with Jewish longing for Palestine. He would have balked at this interpretation
The Folksbiene's ‘Amid Falling Walls’ highlights three generations of one family’s work in Yiddish music
For 100 years, 'The Dybbuk' has had the demonic power of mesmerizing and galvanizing audiences
This month marks 170 years since the birth of the playwright who translated "The Kreutzer Sonata" and "King Lear" into Yiddish
Most people think it’s the genie, played by Robin Williams, that sings it, but it’s actually the late beloved Yiddish actor, Bruce Adler
The Folksbiene production reconciles the need to speak a universal language, as well as a specific one
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