Congress for Jewish Culture online events in December

From: Yiddish Theater –– Shane Baker <kongres@...>

December 2020 marks 100 years since the Vilner Troupe presented their ground-breaking
world premiere of Sh. Ansky's Der Dibek (The Dybbuk, or, Between Two Worlds) which
theater historian Debra Caplan calls 'the most iconic play in the Jewish canon.'

In honor of that watershed date in Jewish and theatrical history, the Congress for Jewish Culture
is presenting an online production of the play in Yiddish with English subtitles and English narration.
Our all-star international cast includes Mike Burstyn (Los Angeles), Mendy Cahan (Tel Aviv),
Refoyel Goldwasser (Buenos Aires), Dan Kahn (Berlin), Amitai Kedar (Tel Aviv),
Yoffe Sheinberg (New York), Yelena Shmulenson (New York), Suzanne Toren (New York),
and Michael Wex (Toronto). The production is directed and adapted by Allen Lewis?Rickman.

Check the CJC
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1826233530859801>
for a link to the video premiere on Monday 14 December at 7?PM EST.
(For our friends in other time zones, yes, the program will stay up for you
to view at a more convenient time!)

We also invite you to join us on the afternoon of Wednesday 9 December at 1 PM EST
for a special online panel on The Dybbuk, Sh. Ansky, and the Vilner Trupe with?
(playwright, translator, and theater historian, author of Vagabond Stars:
A World History of Yiddish Theater),? (Assistant Professor of Theater at
Baruch College and author of Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and
the Art of Itinerancy) and Itzik Gottesman (Senior Lecturer in Yiddish at UT Austin and
author of Defining the Yiddish Nation). The panel will be moderated by?moderated by
writer, translator, actress, and theater historian .

In association with the Toronto Workmen's Circle/Arbeter-ring, we're producing a virtual
Chanukah party to be debuted as a YouTube premiere?on Sunday, December 13 at 2 PM (EST),
hosted and led by CJC Director Shane Baker.

Among the special guests and featured fun-makers: Miryem-Khaye Seigel (New York);
Steve Sterner (New York); Viver com Yiddish (Rio de Janeiro); Rokhl Weston (London);
as well as Toronto's very own?Michael Wex!

Free with registration, just email Mel Cederbaum at wcarto@... before December 12th.

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Congress for Jewish Culture online events in December