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Recovery of remnants of the Theater Museum Collection
After discovering them in Offenbach, Germany, The American Army returned remnants of YIVO's looted archival collections. Among them were thousands of pages and other artifacts from the Esther-Rachel Kaminska Theater Museum. They were shipped to YIVO…
Dovid Herman, director
Dovid Herman was born in Warsaw, Poland, into a well-off Hasidic family. His father was an antiques dealer. He studied in religious primary school and in synagogue study hall, but at the age of fifteen he interrupted his studies and became an…
The Tempest, William Shakespeare
This production of Shakespeare's The Tempest brought together a number of visionary artists including: Aaron Zeitlin (1898-1973), who translated the play; Clara Segalovitsh, who is listed as the show's producer; and Avrom Morevski (1886-1964) and…
The Green Fields, Di Grine Felder by Perets Hirshbeyn (Riga)
These are photos and a program associated with a production of Green Fields, one of the most celebrated works of the twentieth-century Yiddish stage. It was written by Perets Hirshbeyn, who pioneered his own naturalist and lyrical theatrical…
Opening of the Esther-Rachel Kaminska Museum
During the shloshimfollowing the death of Esther-Rachel Kaminska, her daughter Ida and her Ida's husband Zygmunt Turkov worked to create a museum in the apartment of the late actress. Theshloshim(literally,thirty) are days of mourning reserved for…
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