Yiddish Theater

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

The theater was closed in 2016 when the building’s owner decided to empty the building before authorizing its demolition.

August 30, 2018 11:29 am

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

In 1951, Yiddish theater star Molly Picon, together with Jacob Kalich, her husband and fellow entertainer, and Cardinal Francis Joseph Spellman, the Vicar General of the United States Armed Forces, headed to Korea with a USO Christmas troupe. But as soon as Picon and Kalich stepped off the plane, a U.S. Army Chaplain ran up and […]

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

In a play about immigrant dreamers, the mameloshn makes it a more universal story, Clifford Odets would no doubt kvell.

What happens to a Clifford Odets when it is performed in the mameloshn? Good things, actually.

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

Demolition begins on Jewish Theater building in Warsaw

April 9, 2017 11:17 am

This Hot Yiddish Play Featured Broadway’s First Lesbian Kiss

By Zachary Solomon

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Israeli Artist Evokes Yiddish Theater With Dead Sea Bridal Dress

By Ilana Sichel

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Warsaw Jewish theater locked out over real estate dispute

June 10, 2016 10:16 am

A fresh crop of Jewish books for spring

By Victor Wishna April 27, 2016 3:30 pm

The Fascinating Yiddish Origins of “Death of a Salesman”

By Sarah Zarrow

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