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Tag: National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

0 Television/Film Culture

Seeking gangsters, must speak Yiddish: Bringing the Hasidic underworld to life in 'Caught Stealing'

PJ Grisar in Forward · 3 Sep

Liev Schreiber, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Austin Butler star in Darren Aronofsky's film "Caught Stealing," which features a unique portrayal of Yiddish-speaking Hasidic gangsters and their grandmother, set in 1998 New York City.

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A jam-packed history of wartime Yiddish song leaves you wanting both more and less

PJGrisar in Forward · 21 Nov 2023

"Amid Falling Walls" is a new musical at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene that explores the history of wartime Yiddish songs.

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How songs of the Jewish ghetto, camps and secret cabarets became a musical

PJGrisar in Forward · 6 Nov 2023

Amid Falling Walls is a theatrical production that showcases songs written during the Holocaust in ghettos, clandestine nightclubs, and concentration camps.

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This upcoming Yiddish concert is a clarion call for a better world

ZGolden in Forward · 10 Mar 2023

The upcoming Yiddish concert, "Refugees Together," is a musical commentary on being a refugee and a call for solidarity with the most threatened.

0 Language Literature

The Book of Schmutz: Ep. 183

Unorthodox · 30 May 2019

In this episode of The Book of Schmutz, the hosts interview Jackie Hoffman, who plays Yenta in a Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof, and Motl Didner, the associate artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene.

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If I Were a Fiddler: Ep. 145

Unorthodox · 2 Aug 2018

In episode 145 of "If I Were a Fiddler," the focus is on the Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof, titled Fidler afn Dakh.