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Exhibit highlights impact of ’The Dybbuk’ for the past 100 years

JL;DR SUMMARY S. An-ski's play The Dybbuk has profoundly influenced Jewish culture since its premiere in 1920, and it continues to captivate audiences a century later. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yiddish LiteratureJewish FolkloreHolocaustLeonard BernsteinThe DybbukJewish TheaterHabimaSidney LumetS. An SkiVilna Troupe

Places mentioned

Moscow, Russian Federation
"The Habima Theater in Moscow performing An-skis Dybbuk, ca. 1922"
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"now on view in Paris, features around 100 objects including film and music"
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"The venue was the Elizeum Theater in Warsaw."
Ukraine
"He led expeditions into traditional communities in parts of what is now Ukraine, in order to record and preserve their folk customs and beliefs."
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
"The earliest performances in 1920-21 were staged by the renowned Vilner Trupe (Vilna theater troupe)"
Jerusalem, Israel
"Adolf Eichmann, code-named Dybbuk, was captured by the Mossad and put on trial in Jerusalem."
Minnesota, United States
"The rest of the film tells the Job-like story of a Jewish man in Minnesota in 1967."
Israel
"photographs by Israeli artist Sigalit Landau show an exact replica of the dress worn by Hannah Rovina in Habimas Dybbuk."

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