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    Items with the tag:

    theater

    Cover of The Jewish King Lear: A Comedy in America
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    The Jew­ish King Lear: A Com­e­dy in America
    Jacob Gordin; Ruth Gay, trans.
    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
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    Tales of a The­atri­cal Guru
    Danny Newman
    Cover of Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Meshugas of the Yiddish Theater in America
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    Star­dust Lost: The Tri­umph, Tragedy, and Meshugas of the Yid­dish The­ater in America
    Stephen Kanfer
    Cover of Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince
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    Irv­ing Thal­berg: Boy Won­der to Pro­duc­er Prince
    Mark A. Vieira
    Cover of Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt
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    Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt
    Robert Gottlieb
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    Jews and the Mak­ing of Mod­ern Ger­man Theatre
    Jeanette R. Malkin and Freddie Rokem, eds.
    Cover of From Hester Street to Hollywood: The Life and Work of Anzia Yezierska
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    From Hes­ter Street to Hol­ly­wood: The Life and Work of Anzia Yezierska
    Bettina Berch
    Cover of Messiahs of 1933: How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity Through Satire
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    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
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    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
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