Reviews
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Who Gets the Spotlight? Women on the Yiddish Stage
As Women on the Yiddish Stage makes clear, women were not peripheral figures but central players in the making of Yiddish cultural life. Their stories, whether told through archival fragments, recovered memoirs, or close readings of performance, call for a more inclusive and accurate understanding—one in which actresses are not merely remembered for their presence onstage, but recognized for their lasting cultural impact.
Jun 30, 2025
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What Does Justice Mean, Decades Later?: Review of Ida Fink’s Der tish in Paris
Ri Turner reviews the World Premiere of Ida Fink’s Der tish in Paris.
May 09, 2019
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Review of Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy by Debra Caplan
In the brief decade of its existence, the Vilna Theater Troupe radically changed Yiddish theater, and the global stage.
Feb 06, 2019