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The Founding of the Yiddish Theater in 1876
The work of historians including Shatzky canonized the date of 1876 as the year the modern Yiddish theater was founded by Avrom Goldfaden.Above: Photograph of Avrom Goldfaden (seated, at center) with members of his early theater troupe. Goldfaden is…
YIVO Collections Plundered by the Nazis
On 24 June 1941, the Nazis captured Vilna. In March 1942, representatives of the Einsatzstab Rosenberg (Rosenberg Operation Group), the body charged with looting Jewish cultural property for the Institut zur Erforschung der Judenfrage (Institute for…
S.Y. An-ski writes (and re-writes) The Dybbuk
The Russian-Jewish writer, ethnographer, and political activist, Shloyme-Zanvl Rapoport (1863-1920), known by his pseudonym S. Y. An-ski, wrote and revised The Dybbuk over a number of years, beginning in 1911 until his death in 1920. InThree Literary…
The Vilna Troupe in New York with The Dybbuk, 1926
While The Dybbuk would be translated into many languages, its greatest success was on the Yiddish-language stage. During the Vilner Troupe's tour across Europe between 1922 and 1927, it remained the pinnacle of their repertoire. On seeing the Vilna…
The Vilna Troupe's Dybbuk
The Dybbuk has been referred to as the Romeo and Juliet of the Yiddish theater. Its takes place in the towns of Brinnits an Miropolye around the turn of the century. At its core is the unspoken love between Khonen, a poor, orphaned yeshiva student,…
The Dybbuk Tours Europe
This article (undated) is a first-person acount by the director Dovid Herman of his experience directing The Dybbuk in Oslo, Norway. In 1927, the actor and theater pioneer Agnes Mowinckel (1875-1963), ran the Balkongen Theater, a short-lived…
The Rise of Yiddish Moving Pictures
The first synchronous Yiddish-language talkie was produced in 1929, only 18 months after the first (ever) talkie,The Jazz Singer, which, remarkably, centered on the experiences of a Jewish performer. The thirties saw the accelerated growth of the…
The Azazel Cabaret Theater
It is unclear when the Azazel Cabaret Theater was founded, with some historical sources claiming that it was founded as early as 1918. It was the brainchild of the cabaret performers Ola Lilit (1906-) and her husbandWładysłav Godik (1906-1980). The…
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