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Detroit’s Yid­dish the­ater, despite its dis­tance from the cen­ter of Amer­i­can Yid­dish cul­ture in New York, was home to big per­son­al­i­ties and big­ger stars.

Apr 27, 2023

As the bian­nu­al Ashke­naz fes­ti­val kicked off, so did the North Amer­i­can Pre­mière of Bas Sheve, a Yid­dish opera, on August 31, 2022.

Jan 13, 2023

Eve Romm traces the many approach­es to resolv­ing the prob­lem of Shy­lock on the Yid­dish stage, from apolo­get­ics to heroism.

May 12, 2021

Avram Mlotek shares the per­son­al, fam­i­ly, and artis­tic roots of the Folks­bi­ene’s online pan­dem­ic-era Kids and Yid­dish reunion show this spring.

Dec 10, 2020

Mikhl Yashin­sky dis­cuss­es his star­ring role as Bobe Yakhne in the Folks­bi­ene pro­duc­tion of The Sor­cer­ess, fea­tur­ing an In geveb first — a Yid­dish drag per­for­mance record­ed just for our lucky readers!

Oct 29, 2020

We are seek­ing sub­mis­sions for a spe­cial issue on Yid­dish pop­u­lar theater.

May 18, 2020

Tova Ben­jamin reviews The Argen­tin­ian Pros­ti­tute Play, a new play by Reuven Glez­er staged as part of the 2019 Broad­way Bound The­atre Festival. 

Oct 10, 2019

Fid­dler​’s Yid­dish trans­la­tion mer­its dis­cus­sion in The New York Times, not as his­to­ry or metaphor, but as a win­dow into how Jews tell sto­ries about themselves. 

Apr 15, 2019