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Three Plays that Honor Women for Yom HaShoah

Hosted By: National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

Remember the Women Institute, in partnership with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan and National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF ), is presenting diverse  and moving dramatic readings about women and the Holocaust on April 26 at 7:00 PM EDT via Zoom. The 90-minute virtual program features excerpts from: NYTF’s English translation of The Bird of the Ghetto, a 1958 Yiddish play by Chava Rosenfarb, performed by Dr. Meghan Brodie’s theater students at Ursinus College; Oh, I Remember the Black Birch by Dr. Velina Hasu Houston, performed by theater students at USC; and I Was a Stranger Too by playwright Cynthia L. Cooper, performed by professional actors. A panel discussion will follow. 

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