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...
Eight Nights
Author(s): Jennifer Maisel
Eight Nights is set during eight nights of Chanukah over eight decades, from 1949 to 2016. Holocaust survivor Rebecca Blum arrives in America at 19 and observes the holidays in the same apartment each year with her father, husband, friends, daughter, and granddaughter, as she tries to vanquish the past that still haunts her.
Format: Drama
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Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View
Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Experience(s) Chronicled: Allegoric or Metaphoric Representations | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Reactions to the Holocaust
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