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Why Sholem Asch Matters: A Virtual Roundtable with Joel Berkowitz, David Mazower, and Caraid O'Brien
Joel Berkowitz, David Mazower, and Caraid O'Brien
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Why Sholem Asch Matters: A Virtual Roundtable with Joel Berkowitz, David Mazower, and Caraid O'Brien
Featuring: Joel Berkowitz, David Mazower, and Caraid O'Brien
In this roundtable discussion, in conjunction with a 2022 production at the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, three commentators with a deep engagement with Asch discuss his extraordinary life and career – and why his plays still matter.
In connection with the production at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre , this program is part of a series of public programs organized by the Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, supported in part by a generous Arts & Culture Community Grant from the Association for Jewish Studies, with the following additional program partners:
Jewish Museum Milwaukee, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Nathan & Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, Tapestry: Arts & Ideas from the Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, and UW-Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ Studies Program.
This event took place on March 15, 2022. It was presented online by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA.
This recording was digitized and added to the library in November 2022.
This recording is in English
