- Milly Guberman Kravetz, Boston native and social worker, recalls the plays she saw as a child at the Yiddish Theater, and speaks to the differences between Yiddish and English theater.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
- Zylbercweig, Zalmen, 1894-1972
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
- Gelbart, Michl, 1889-1962
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
- Hofman, Leah Kapilowitz, 1898-1952
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
- Debra Caplan, Yiddish theater historian and Assistant Professor of Theater at Baruch College, joins us this week to discuss her book, Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy.
Part of The Shmooze Podcast Series
- A conversation with Joel Berkowitz, America's foremost historian and observer of Yiddish theater
Part of Pakn Treger
- An in-depth look at Yiddish theater and its far-reaching influence
Part of Pakn Treger
- Paul Berg, Yiddish activist, describes how performing in a Yiddish radio program as a child led to an interest in Yiddish theater.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Edna Nahshon, expert of Jewish theatre and step daughter of Yiddish writer Dovid Aidelman, describes the importance of theater and music in American Jewish life.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
