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Judah Bleich, American Yiddish Actor, Dies in Israel While on Visit

June 2, 1961
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Judah Bleich, a prominent Yiddish theatre personality, died here yesterday while on a visit to Israel. He was 60 years old. A former actor with the Yiddish Art Theatre in New York, Mr. Bleich was head of the drama department of the Milwaukee Jewish Community Center. He was born in Tarnopol, Galicia and came to the United States in 1920.

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