Dear Safranim, Just in time for Kol Nidre, the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project has released my translation from the memoirs of Yiddish actress Bertha Kalich, about singing for Kol Nidre services in early 1890's Bucharest.
Read it here and also find more blog posts and resources for Yiddish theater research: https://yiddishstage.org/a-day-that-tortured-my-body-and-tormented-my-soul-bertha-kalichs-kol-nidre-in-bucharest I wish everyone a happy, healthy and peaceful new year and/or beautiful fall season. Amanda -- Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Librarian Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Reference Desk: 212-930-0601 Fax: 212-642-0141 Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/jewish-division Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schwarzmanbuilding
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