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...
Warsaw [ורשה]
Author(s): Sholem Asch
In 1941, Zichri Mirkin, a lawyer, comes to the house of the Jewish teacher Horowitz. He wants to find a way to save the Polish Jews. But in the Horowitz household everyone has an opinion and a way for salvation. One household member thinks the Jews will be saved by embracing socialism. Horowitz's youngest son follows the Social Democrat Party. And Zalman Kenigstein, a friend of Horowitz, sees moving to the ancient homeland of Israel as the only way for salvation.
Format: Drama
Cast Size:10M/5F
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Original or Prominent Production:
Habimah Theater, 1945
Habimah Theater, 1945
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Yiddish
Experience(s) Chronicled: European Jewry Before the Holocaust
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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
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