Women on the Yiddish Stage

Alyssa Quint; Amanda Seigel

Women on the Yiddish Stage

Edited by Alyssa Quint and Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel

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Studies In Yiddish 19

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31 August 2023 • 348pp

ISBN: 978-1-839541-36-0 (hardback) • RRP £95, $120, €120

ISBN: 978-1-839541-37-7 (paperback, forthcoming)

ISBN: 978-1-839541-38-4 (JSTOR ebook)

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The integration of women into public Jewish performance (Yiddish-language theater by 1877 and Hebrew-language theater by about 1918) was a revolution in modern Jewish culture. While a great deal of seasoned Yiddish-speaking male talent preexisted theater in the form of cantors, choristers, and tavern singers, East European Jewish women had no experience participating in public Jewish performance. From the theater’s first days, women assumed positions of authority, security, and visibility in great numbers. Rapidly, by the 1890s, when the center of the Yiddish theater shifted from cities throughout Romania and the Russian Empire where it first launched in the late 1870s to cities across the globe — including London, Buenos Aires, and New York City by the turn of the century — substantial numbers of female Yiddish actors enjoyed celebrity on par with their male counterparts. Women on the Yiddish Stage presents an array of scholarly essays that challenge the existing historical accounting of the modern Yiddish theater; highlight pioneering artists, creators, and impresarios; and map sources and methodologies of this rich area of forgotten history.

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Reviews:

‘Women and men have shared the stage in equal numbers practically since its inception... Moreover, participation of women extends behind the scenes, where they have also served as directors, impresarios, and creators. The topical, chronological, and geographic scope of the twelve essays in this pioneering collection is quite impressive. The theater personalities treated in this nicely illustrated volume include major stars alongside overlooked figures... Highly recommended for research libraries.’ — Zachary M. Baker, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews 4.3, January 2024, 38-39

Contents:

1	Introduction: A Field is Born Alyssa Quint	Cite
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2	Thomashefsky, Kalich, and Adler: Female Self-Enactment in Memoirs Nina Warnke	Cite
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3	Beyond the Dance of Death: Judith Berg and the Creation of a Jewish Modern Dance Aesthetic Sonia Gollance	Cite
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4	Who’s Wearing the Trousers? Portrayals of Women in London’s Yiddish Music Halls at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Vivi Lachs	Cite
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5	Molly Picon as Lyricist Ronald Robboy	Cite
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6	Miriam Kressyn: From Polish Revolutionary to American Radio Icon Caraid O’Brien	Cite
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7	Women in Lithuanian Yiddish Theatre: Sofia Erdi and Rachel Berger Ina Pukelytė	Cite
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8	Documenting a Voiceless Celebrity Actress: The Case of Sonia Alomis Debra Caplan	Cite
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9	Consider the Source: Applying Feminist Methods to Argentinean Yiddish Theatre History C. Tova Markenson	Cite
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10	Sarah Sylvia and the Yiddish Theatre in South Africa Veronica Belling	Cite
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11	Ida Kaminska’s Muter Kurazh: An Indomitable yidishe mame Giulia Randone	Cite
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12	Diana Blumenfeld: The Voice of the Ghetto Anna Rozenfeld	Cite
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13	Of a Mother and a Daughter on Stage: Dina Koenig, Lya Koenig-Stolper, and Yiddish Theatre in Romania Corina L. Petrescu	Cite
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Quint, Alyssa, and Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel (eds), Women on the Yiddish Stage, Studies In Yiddish, 19 (Legenda, 2023)

First footnote reference: ³⁵ Women on the Yiddish Stage, ed. by Alyssa Quint and Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel, Studies In Yiddish, 19 (Legenda, 2023), p. 21.

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Quint, Alyssa, and Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel (eds). 2023. Women on the Yiddish Stage, Studies In Yiddish, 19 (Legenda)

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