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Songs from My Uncle, A Yiddish Theater Prompter

Bernie Agranoff, scientist and professor at the University of Michigan, whose uncle was a Yiddish theater prompter in Detroit, sings an old song he remembers, that his uncle taught him, and describes another that was sung on the street.

Leonard Nimoy Remembers His First Foray Into Yiddish Theater in Los Angeles

Leonard Nimoy, Jewish actor most well-known for his role as Spock on the Star Trek science fiction series, shares his memories of performing in a Yiddish production at a theater in Los Angeles early on in his career.

The Vilna Troupe and Transnational Yiddish Art Theatre

Debra Caplan, Ph.D. candidate in Yiddish, briefly explains her dissertation which focuses on the Vilna Troupe and their role in creating a Yiddish art theater movement.

The Golden Age Of The David Herman Theatre

Joe (Yossl) Tigl – son of Yiddish actor Shia Tigl – describes the golden age of Yiddish theater. He describes all of the various ways his father was involved in the theater and how heady that period of time was. Through his father and the theater, he...

Memories of Jenny Goldstein and the Yiddish Theater

Bernice Mayer, native Yiddish speaker who grew up in the Bronx and worked with Meir Kahane in the Jewish Defense League, describes going to the Yiddish Theatre with her parents and seeing Jenny Goldstein.

Tom Oppenheim

Tom Oppenheim - great-grandson of Yiddish theatre actors Jacob and Sara Adler, Artistic Director and President of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting - was interviewed by Christa Whitney on March 8, 2016 at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York...

2016-03-08

Melbourne Yiddish Youth Theatre

Doodie Ringelblum, medical doctor and Yiddish activist based in Melbourne, explains the establishment and development of the Melbourne Yiddish Youth Theatre, of which he was an active member.

Diane Cypkin

Diane Cypkin, a performer and professor of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts at Pace University, was interviewed by Mark Gerstein on August 8, 2013, at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. Diane describes her parents' lives in Lit...

2013-08-08

Zalmen Mlotek

Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theater-Folksbine, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on January 28th, 2019, at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, in New York City.

2019-01-28

"The Power of this Acting Business”: Advice From Yehuda Bleich For A Minor Yiddish Theater Role

Isaac "Ying" Halpern, the son of Yiddish poet Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, remembers summers doing plays at Camp Boiberik, and the year he got personal acting coaching from Yiddish theatre star Yehuda Bleich, to apparently great effect.

The Vilna Troupe: My Grandparents' Involvement in Yiddish Theatre

Barbara Buloff, daughter of Yiddish actors Joseph Buloff & Luba Kadison, and granddaughter of Leib Kadison, cofounder of the Vilna Troupe, discusses Leib Kadison's background in Europe grandparents' involvement in the Yiddish theatre in Poland, inclu...