Yiddish Theatre

People may think that Yiddish Theatre was not a big success since there was anti-semitism in America at the time, however, Yiddish Theatre was very successful. Many people have become famous over it like Sarah Adler and her children. One of her children, named Stella Adler,  founded the Stella Adler Studio of Acting where other actors and actresses came from like Anthony Quinn and Elaine Stritch. The Yiddish Theaters would get business because there wasn't any TVs or radios at the time for the people to entertain themselves. The audiences were mainly Jewish but they were able to catch the attention of the New York papers.

Through the plays, they were able to explain and shows more than a century worth of immigration of the Jews. They were able to show the audience the oppression of the Jews over time. People back then and even today blame Jews for things like stabbing Christ crackers and using non-Jewish children blood for matzah. Muslims, and Christians especially, believed and still believe that these accusations are true. As we were talking today in class, Jews have always been a oppressed people who have overcome the hardest things and are punished for the most false and stupid things. A way people can understand that the Jews have had to deal this for centuries, is through art like theatre, music, poems, and physical art like paintings and mosaics.