A reception in honor of the Habima players was given by the actors of the Jewish theatres in New York City on Wednesday night. Sigmund Weintraub presided. Abraham Teitelbaum welcomed the Habima on behalf of the Jewish actors of New York. He expressed the hope for a closer relationship between the Jewish actors in Europe and the United States.
Naum Zemach replied on behalf of the Habima. He stated that both the Yiddish and Hebrew theatres are branches of the same tree and should not be affected by the fight between the Hebraists and the Yiddishists.
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