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The tale of Broadway's first lesbian kiss, nearly a century ago – and of one unique and strangely representative facet of the infinitely complex tale of the Jews of Europe and their migration to America.

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.