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Why the new play ‘The Gospel According to Chaim’ is a big deal

JL;DR SUMMARY Mikhl Yashinsky's new play, "The Gospel According to Chaim," marks a significant step for contemporary Yiddish theater. 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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Jewish IdentityYiddish CultureThe Gospel According To ChaimMikhl YashinskyNew Yiddish RepChaim EinspruchYiddish TheaterJewish Christian RelationsContemporary DramaTheatrical Revivals

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"Last month, a new Yiddish drama, The Gospel According to Chaim (Di psure loyt khayim), ran for just two-and-a-half weeks in a small theater in lower Manhattan."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"we meet Einspruch in the city of Baltimore at the beginning of the 1940s."
New York, United States
"the only communities where Yiddish is spoken daily inside and outside the home are the Hasidic neighborhoods of New York, London and Jerusalem."
London, United Kingdom
"the only communities where Yiddish is spoken daily inside and outside the home are the Hasidic neighborhoods of New York, London and Jerusalem."
Jerusalem, Israel
"the only communities where Yiddish is spoken daily inside and outside the home are the Hasidic neighborhoods of New York, London and Jerusalem."

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