Interviews and lecture excerpts on scholarly topics, including literature and history, with a focus on the New York Yiddish world. (Primarily in Yiddish.)
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Interviews and lecture excerpts on scholarly topics, including literature and history, with a focus on the New York Yiddish world. (Primarily in Yiddish.)
Today's episode was originally broadcast on March 24, 1968. Host Luba Condell is joined by Ezekiel Lifschutz for a talk about Abraham Goldfaden (considered the “father of Yiddish theater”). Condell and Lifschutz trace the origins of Yiddish theater in the purim-shpil (Purim play) and its development into full-scale theater productions. ...
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Interviews and lecture excerpts on scholarly topics, including literature and history, with a focus on the New York Yiddish world. (Primarily in Yiddish.)
