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...
The History of Invulnerability
Author(s): David Bar Katz
In the early 1940s there was one Jew powerful enough to single-handedly challenge the Nazis: Kal El, a.k.a. Superman. The story of Superman creator Jerry Siegel and his tumultuous relationship with his legendary comic-book character and the tale of a little boy in Birkenau who believes he will survive because Superman is on his way.
Format: Dark comedy
Cast Size:4M/2F
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Original or Prominent Production:
Cincinnati Playhouse in Park, Ohio, 2010; The Public Theater, 2010.
Cincinnati Playhouse in Park, Ohio, 2010; The Public Theater, 2010.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps
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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.
Many Questions and a Few Answers
by Robert Skloot 2022 NJTF HTII Lifetime Achievement Award AHO Winter Conference, Miami, FL I’d like to begin my remarks by asking the question that all of us have been asked often: “Why do you do the work you do?” There are, of course, many answers, but I’d imagine...