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A Bisl Yiddish: Theater

Resources to get your started on your exploration of Yiddish language, literature, music, and theater.

Contemporary Yiddish Theater Companies Worldwide

Performers and Theater Companies

The late Mina Bern, one of Yiddish theater's veteran performers, speaks about her vision regarding the future of Yiddish theater.

History of Yiddish Theater

Molly Picon

Public Theater. Molly Picon (center) in Bublitchki, 1938 (1938): Molly Picon Papers P-38. Web. http://search.cjh.org/permalink/f/d37kub/cjh_digitool172073

PBS Documentary: Jewish Americans

An overview of the Yiddish Theater taken from a PBS series on Jewish Americans that was first aired in 2008.