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Nonfiction Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen Henry Bial
Nonfiction The Moscow Yiddish Theater: Art on Stage in the Time of Revolution Benjamin Harshav; Benjamin and Barbara Harshav, trans.
Nonfiction Beyond the Golden Door: Jewish American Drama and Jewish American Experience Julius Novick
Essay Food, Music and Meshugas: Bringing the Lower East Side to Life Earlier this week, Chris Moriarty wrote about writing her new book and songs of hope and failure. She will be blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and… Chris Moriarty December 1, 2011
Nonfiction Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Meshugas of the Yiddish Theater in America Stephen Kanfer
Nonfiction Jews and the Making of Modern German Theatre Jeanette R. Malkin and Freddie Rokem, eds.
Nonfiction Messiahs of 1933: How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity Through Satire Joel Schechter
Essay The Stage vs. the Page In his last posts Joel Chasnoff, author of The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Fights Hezbollah: A Memoir, wrote about… Joel Chasnoff February 12, 2010
Recommended Reading Experience the Russian Jewish Theater…Right From Your Own Home Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterYale University Press and the Jewish Museum really are a great team. Their most recent collaboration, which came out in… Naomi Firestone-Teeter January 23, 2009