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...
Shulem [שולם]
Based on Lev's childhood—both her parents are Holocaust survivors. Set during the Passover dinner ceremony—dead characters from "there" joining, for a moment, the narrative and the holiday table. They tell personal, funny, emotional stories, trying to commemorate human spirit in times of horror. Gobbiko is the small girl (Lev in her childhood), experiencing all in her imagination, mixing dream, fantasy, reality, past and present.
Format: Fantastic realism, performance
Cast Size:2M/2F
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Original or Prominent Production:
Theater Company Jerusalem, 2005
Theater Company Jerusalem, 2005
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Hebrew
Experience(s) Chronicled: Allegoric or Metaphoric Representations | Survivors and Subsequent Generations
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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...