Ida Kaminska was the creator of the Esther Rokhl Kaminska Theater Museum Archive

Included in the photograph are Esther Rachel Kaminska (seated) her daughter, the actress Ida Kaminska, and her son-in-law Zygmunt Turkov

These are photos and a program associated with a production of Green Fields, one of the most celebrated works of the twentieth-century Yiddish stage. It was written by Perets Hirshbeyn, who pioneered his own naturalist and lyrical theatrical…

The first synchronous Yiddish-language talkie was produced in 1929, only 18 months after the first (ever) talkie,The Jazz Singer, which, remarkably, centered on the experiences of a Jewish performer. The interwar period saw the accelerated growth of…

Nahum Lipovski was a celebrated theater impresario, master of multiple languages, and mathematical savant who energized the Yiddish theater scene during the many decades of his activity. He was born in Nesvizh, Russia to pious parents but was…

Photo from Shtudyes vegn yidisher folksshafung, by Y. L. Cahan, published in 1952 by YIVO, NY.

Set designer for Yiddish theater in interwar Poland. V. was born Lyuvitsh Poland to Hasidic parents. From a young age, he was drawn to sketching and painting. A Polish art critic Tortshinksi recognized his early talents and the Polish artist,…

Like her mother, Ida Kaminska sought out powerful women’s roles. And, in 1932, Ida Kaminska translated a work by one of Poland's radical feminist thinkers, Maria Morozowicz-Szczepkowska, into Yiddish and adapted it for the Yiddish stage.…

The Warsaw Yiddish Art Theater was acritically acclaimed Yiddish dramatic company active in interwar Polandfrom 1924–1925, 1926–1928, and 1938–1939. The extraordinary success of The Vilner Troupe with The Dybbukmadeclear that a considerable audience…