Uproarious and deeply touching, 'Tevye Served Raw' gives us a broad sampling of Sholem Aleichem's whole opus, its humor and its pathos resonating beyond cultural and religious boundaries.
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Theater Review (NYC): Sholem Asch’s ‘God of Vengeance’ from New Yiddish Rep
Just around the corner from where it first played, Sholem Asch's 'God of Vengeance,' challenging and controversial in so many ways since its debut in 1907, has opened at La Mama in its original Yiddish (with English supertitles). Upon its Broadway run in English in 1923, the play's cast and producers were arrested on obscenity charges. With its frank depiction of lesbianism and prostitution, it's no wonder.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Golden Bride’ – National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Revives a Classic 1920s Operetta
Lovingly reconstructed, this aspirational-fantasy story of Russian shtetl Jews emigrating to America is a fascinating period piece of great historical and cultural interest, as well as a robustly acted and brilliantly sung spectacle of theatrical joy.
Read More »Music Review: Golem – ‘Tanz’
Golem may not be your grandparents', or even your parents', klezmer band, but that doesn't make them any less authentic or inspiring.
Read More »Book Review: Tell Me a Story: Stories from a Childhood in Old New York by Bea Gold
Artist looks back on childhood in New York in paintings and fiction.
Read More »Movie Review: Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Sholem Aleichem, from whom the world knows Fiddler on the Roof is the subject of a fantastic new documentary.
Read More »Medicine’s Maven: House, M.D. and Yiddish
Of all the languages Dr. Greg House uses, he seems to like Yiddish best of all
Read More »Music Review: Saints & Tzadiks – Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg
This recording is as full of passion and wonder as any oratorio to a god.
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