Happy Hour with Sholom Aleichem 2010
A Story telling and Klezmer Rocking celebration of Sholem Aleichem's Yarzhiet
Venue:
Smith Memorial Student Union
Portland State University
April 25, 2010
Stories Presented:
Erev Yom Kippur from Sketches of Disappearing Types
Drefus in Kasrilevke
The First Commune
Actors:
George Lederer, Andy Lee-Hillstrom & Alyson Ayn Osborn
Musicians:
Andrew Erlich, Ed Kraus, Barry Lavine & Courtney Von Drehle
Adaptation & Stage Direction:
Sacha Reich & Wendy Wilcox
Yiddish and Musical Direction:
Jack Falk
Partners/Sponsors:
Made possible with support from The Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at PSU and Jewish Arts Month
Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916)
Author. Born Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich in Voronko, Russia, he became to be considered one of the great Yiddish writers, being best known for his humorous tales of life among the poverty-ridden and oppressed Russian Jews of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the last years of his life he lived in the United States; he died in New York City where he helped to found the Yiddish Art Theater. Many of his works have been adapted for the stage, most notably the musical "Fiddler on the Roof."
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Yiddish Glossary (PDF)