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Regina Prager
… to come to America to perform at the Windsor Theater in New York. In order to contend with Prager’s star status and box office earnings, other theaters searched for new European female stars to bring to America. It was during …
Jennie Goldstein
… Yiddish theater star Jennie Goldstein was born in New York in 1896. She began acting at the age of six, playing …
Seymour Rechzeit
… married to Miriam Kressyn. He died on October 14, 2002 in New York City, New York, USA. For a full biography see " Seymour Rexite " …
Frida Zibel-Goldstein
… of Thomashefsky and Finkel. Her first appearance in New York was in 'Ahasuerus ' as 'Esther' the Queen Esther. After …
Bessie Weissman
… Weissman (Bain) was born into a Yiddish theater family in New York and became the daughter-in-law of playwright Anshel … … Yiddish theater actress … Actress … Yiddish … Theater … New York … Bessie Weissman …
Yetta Zwerling
… years. She traveled to act through the province, coming to New York and entered into the 'Grand' Theatre, where she … helped perfect her Yiddish. From there she went over to New York's 'Grand' Theatre, and then to the 'National' …
Reuben Rinder
… of Synagogue Music” founded by Rinder in 1927 (with the New York-based Joseph Achron , A. W. Binder, Leon Kramer, and … for the Advancement of Judaism (1922). It also set a new agenda for synagogue music that was deeply rooted in the …
Zalman Zylbercweig
… to 1924, Zylbercweig acted as the editor of the daily Lodz newspaper, Lodzer Tageblat. In addition to his editorial … France, and England. In 1937, Zylbercweig settled in New York, and began to work for the American branch of YIVO …
Zalmen Mlotek
… which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and listed as a New York Times Critics Pick. During his tenure at the NYTF, the … with Zalmen Mlotek of the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater in New York (2008): Professor Edwin Seroussi interviewed Zalmen …
Harry Kandel
… and served in army band of the Russian czar, moving to New York in 1905. He first worked on the vaudeville circuit with …