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...
I Was A Stranger Too
Author(s): Cynthia L. Cooper
I Was A Stranger Too tells the story of a Jewish woman in America today who is propelled by the memory of her mother’s rescue from the Holocaust to help people fleeing persecution. As she tries to navigate and understand the complexities of the system, she encounters asylum seekers and asylum helpers along the way. The play is a finalist for the Theatre J Trish Vradenburg Jewish Play Prize and for the Jewish Plays Project 2022. Research was funded by Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council.
Format: Drama
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Remember the Women Institute
Remember the Women Institute
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
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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...