The Pangs of the Messiah

Author(s): Louis I. Newman
Written by a well-known Reform rabbi and scholar of Jewish religion and literature, this one-act play is set in a small Jewish house of worship in Eastern Europe during the Holocaust. Threatened with the destruction of their community, the Jews prevent the Nazis' imminent pogrom.
Format: One-act

Snapshot

Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Publisher:

Bloch Pub. Co.1957 (out of print)

Experience(s) Chronicled: The Ghettos | Resistance

Browse the Plays

Play Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

HTC Insights

Views, reference and research of interest.

A Personal Welcome to the Holocaust Theater Catalog

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...

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...