A new play tells the true story of a former Hasid who translated the New Testament into Yiddish “The Gospel According to Chaim” is billed as the first full-length Yiddish drama written in the United States in 70 years. By Jon Kalish December 21, 2023 1:29 pm
Yiddish theater category on ‘Jeopardy!’ makes one knowledgable contestant a rich(er) man Knowing what “Ben Ikh Bin a Rotshild” meant made one contestant a rich(er) man. December 10, 2021 9:06 am
Ideas This deadly tragedy at a Yiddish performance is the reason it’s illegal to yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded theater Yelling fire in a crowded theater is not theoretical: it was drawn from a tragedy that occurred on a cold night in January 1887at the Hebrew Dramatic Club of London, and which took the lives of seventeen people. February 4, 2021 1:16 pm
When a Yiddish Theater Starlet Surprised U.S. Troops in Korea for Hanukkah By Charlotte Bonnelli from Jewniverse
A classic play sounds more American when it is performed in Yiddish. Go figure. By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 5, 2017 12:19 pm
To save Yiddish theater, these Romanian actors abandoned their home By Cnaan Liphshiz October 10, 2017 3:27 pm