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Uncle Arthur [הדוד ארתור]
Author(s): Dan Horowitz
A playwright, who cannot get his play about the Holocaust produced, stages it himself in front of four puppets. One of the puppets represents his Uncle Arthur, who has a negative perception of Holocaust Jews because he perceives them as passive victims.
Format: Drama
Cast Size:1M/4 puppets
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
Beit Lessin Theater, 1981
Beit Lessin Theater, 1981
Original Source Material: The Reunion by Gabriel Dagan.
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Hebrew
Experience(s) Chronicled: Survivors and Subsequent Generations
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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.