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Edna Nahshon

Edna Nahshon, a professor of Theater and Drama at the Jewish Theological Seminary, is the author of New York’s Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway (Columbia University Press, 2016) and Wrestling with Shylock: Jewish Responses to The Merchant of Venice (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

  • A Thomas LaRue poster, from ‘New York Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway’ by Edna Nahshon
    A Thomas LaRue poster, from ‘New York Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway’ by Edna Nahshon
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    Tevye der Shvartzer Khazn

    The story of Thomas LaRue Jones, the Black cantor from Newark who captivated the Jewish world with his songs

    byEdna Nahshon
  • Mariya Belkina and Vladimir Friedman in 'Golden Voices,' directed by Evgeny Ruman
    Mariya Belkina and Vladimir Friedman in 'Golden Voices,' directed by Evgeny Ruman
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    Russian Voice Actors Growing Old and Miserable

    A 2019 Israeli film explores love, war, and the immigrant experience

    byEdna Nahshon
  • A figure of two members of a youth movement sitting on a tree trunk, made in the 1950s.(From the Yaron Gayer collection; photos courtesy Eretz Israel Museum)
    A figure of two members of a youth movement sitting on a tree trunk, made in the 1950s.(From the Yaron Gayer collection; photos courtesy Eretz Israel Museum)
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    Dolled Up

    An exhibit in Tel Aviv surveys the changes in Israeli history, and the nation’s self-perception, through the once-popular medium of decorative dolls

    byEdna Nahshon
  • (John Manno, © 2010 by Jane Julianelli)
    (John Manno, © 2010 by Jane Julianelli)
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    Sole Mates

    The Naked Shoe charts the decades-long love story of a shy Jewish girl from Flatbush, her Italian-born Catholic husband, and the gorgeous shoes they created

    byEdna Nahshon
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