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The Idealist
Author(s): Jennifer Strome
A factual account of the life of Jewish-American novelist Meyer Levin. The play explores Levin’s lifelong battle to have his adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank brought to stage. Strome worked with Levin’s family for over ten years to get a true picture of the conflict behind the dramatization of his play.
Format: Staged reading
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Reading of the play at the Times Center, Manhattan, NY, February 2011.
Reading of the play at the Times Center, Manhattan, NY, February 2011.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Experience(s) Chronicled: Hiding
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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.