Yiddish Theater

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.

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.

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.

Global

Warsaw Jewish Theater to have a new home with $41 million from city

Culture

When a Yiddish Theater Starlet Surprised U.S. Troops in Korea for Hanukkah

Culture

A classic play sounds more American when it is performed in Yiddish. Go figure.

Global

To save Yiddish theater, these Romanian actors abandoned their home

Global

Demolition begins on Jewish Theater building in Warsaw

Culture

This Hot Yiddish Play Featured Broadway’s First Lesbian Kiss

Culture

Israeli Artist Evokes Yiddish Theater With Dead Sea Bridal Dress

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