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...
She Wasn’t There [היא לא הייתה כאן]
Yadja is a survivor. When she first came to Israel, she started working as a nanny for a spoiled girl named Orna. Yadja comes to Orna's wedding and memories start to surface; memories from Orna's own childhood; and memories from the Holocaust—fears, hardships, traumas, and rare moments of grace.
Format: Monodrama
Cast Size:1F
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Original or Prominent Production:
Tzavta Theater, 1983
Tzavta Theater, 1983
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Hebrew
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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.