Moscow State Yiddish Theater, The

By Veidlinger, Jeffrey
Indiana University Press, 2006, Paperback, 376 pp., ISBN: 0253218926

Jeffrey Veidlinger uses the dramatic story of the Moscow State Yiddish Theater to demonstrate how Jewish writers and artists were able to promote Jewish national culture within the confines of Soviet nationality policies.

He does this by drawing from newly available archives of the State Yiddish Theater, the premiere secular Jewish cultural institution of the Soviet era.

Published with the generous support of the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation. Winner, 2001 National Jewish Book Award, Yiddish Language and Culture Winner, 2001 Barnard Hewitt Award, American Society of Theatre Research A Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2001.