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Moyshe Lipman B. 1893
Lipman was born in Radomir Gubernia to Hasidic parents. He came to Warsaw at the age of seven and as a teenager began learning clock-making. As a young Yiddish theater-goer, Lipman enjoyed the pageantry of the historical operettas that were then the…
The Era of The Big Four of Second Avenue, 1930s and 1940s
Above is a photo of actor and directorAnshel Shor (1871-1942) and his troupe at the Liberty Theater, located in Brooklyn at the corner of Liberty and Stone Avenues. Shor is standing on the right. His wife, actress Dora Weisman, is seated in the…
The Warsaw Yiddish Art Theater (Varshever Yidisher Kunst Teater, VYKT)
The Warsaw Yiddish Art Theater was acritically acclaimed Yiddish dramatic company active in interwar Polandfrom 1924–1925, 1926–1928, and 1938–1939. The extraordinary success of The Vilner Troupe with The Dybbukmadeclear that a considerable audience…
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