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...
Not Because of the Memories [לא בגלל הזכרונות]
Author(s): Noya Lancet
In the middle of a Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony, a young man jumps onto the stage and asks to commemorate the occasion in a different way. He is a grandson of a survivor, and he wishes to tell the love stories that are tied with his family history, and are tightly connected with the fate of the Jews and the State of Israel. The text combines segments from poems and prose written about the Holocaust.
Format: Drama
Cast Size:6M/4F
Notes:
A play for Holocaust Memorial Day.
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Habima, 1998
Habima, 1998
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Hebrew
Experience(s) Chronicled: Survivors and Subsequent Generations
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