Maurice Schwartz, famous Yiddish actor and producer, has been awarded the Jewish Forum’s Louis D. Brandeis Medal for 1947, it was announced here over the week-end. The presentation of the award, which was given to Schwartz for his “contribution to Jewish culture as the exponent and interpreter of the best in drezatis literature,” will be made Feb. 18 at the Maurice Schwartz Theatre.
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