A Message from Arnold Mittelman After a career in not-for-profit and commercial theater spanning more than 40 years I was honored in 2007 to found the National Jewish Theater / Foundation and in 2010 to assume leadership of its Holocaust Theater International...
Bubby’s Kitchen
Author(s): Shira Ginsburg
Inspired by the heroic actions of the playwright’s grandparents, who were part of the Bielski partisan group fighting against the Nazis in the forests of Belarus during WWII. Bubby’s Kitchen is the story of one young woman’s struggle to live up to her grandparents’ incredible legacy. Yudis and Motke Ginsburg blew up trains and bridges with handmade bombs, and survived by living in the woods. After liberation, they made their way to America with one dream, two children, and the shirts on their backs. With love, tenacity and determination, they started a farm, raised a family, and became the heart of Jewish life in Troy, New York. Cantor Shira Ginsburg weaves together a story of loss, survival, food and family.
Format: One-act musical
Cast Size:1F
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Performed at the Manhattan JCC in April 2016. Excerpts also performed as part of the May 2, 2016 launch of the second edition of the Women, Theatre, and the Holocaust Resource Handbook at the Center for Jewish History in New York.
Performed at the Manhattan JCC in April 2016. Excerpts also performed as part of the May 2, 2016 launch of the second edition of the Women, Theatre, and the Holocaust Resource Handbook at the Center for Jewish History in New York.
Original Source Material: Yudis and Motke Ginsburg’s story of survival.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Production Rights Holder:
See play website.
HTC Insights
Views, reference and research of interest.
Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Jewish Theater Foundation presented its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alfred Uhry. The presentation took place as part of the Lincoln Center Library event on January 27th 2025 in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Lifetime Achievement Award
On September 30, 2024, French playwright, Mr. Jean Claude Grumberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented by NJTF HTII President, Arnold Mittelman with Dominique Trimbur, PhD-Manager for the History of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Teaching of the Holocaust of Fondation Pour La Memoir de la Shoah Project.