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Crossover Stars
Since its beginnings, the modern Yiddish theater generated "crossover actors," men and women who moved (in both directions) between the Yiddish-language stage and stages of other language. In the United States, however, the movement of Yiddish actors…
The Establishment of the Hebrew Actors Union (HAU), 1889.
The Hebrew Actors’ Union (HAU) was the first theatrical union in the United States to protect actors from exploitation by managers, bar none. It was originally founded in New York City in 1888. During a December 1899 strike held by the actors at the…
Dramatic Yiddish Theater in America (1890-1910): Jacob Gordin and Jacob Adler
Jacob Gordin(1853-1909) forged a new path for Yiddish theater by introducing realism in place of Hurwitz and Lateiner's crowd-pleasing operettas. Among the more popular of Gordin's dramas were his literary adaptations likeThe Jewish King Lear,about a…
Shaʻare Binyamin
Shaʻare Binyamin (Gates of Benjamin). Binyamin Zeʼev ben David. Żółkiew: Bi-defus Gershon ben Hayim David Segal, David ben Menahem Man ve-Hayim David ben Aharon Segal, ca. 1752.
Żółkiew was one of the three major centers of Hebrew printing in…
Żółkiew was one of the three major centers of Hebrew printing in…
Shirim Ahadim
Shirim Ahadim (A Few Poems). Casas, Elijah. Leipzig: K. B. Lork, 1857.
Born in Armyansk, Crimea, Elijah ben Elia Kasas (1832–1912) was a Karaite scholar and director of a Karaite cantorial school in Eupatoria. One of the few Karaite contributors…
Born in Armyansk, Crimea, Elijah ben Elia Kasas (1832–1912) was a Karaite scholar and director of a Karaite cantorial school in Eupatoria. One of the few Karaite contributors…
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