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Contents......Page 6
1 Messiahs of 1933: How Playwright Moishe Nadir and Artef Led America Out of the Great Depression to a Future of Full Employment, Justice, and Yiddish Satire for All......Page 10
2 Nadir’s Rivington Street: The Lower East Side Arises......Page 46
3 Prayer Boxes as Precious as Diamonds: How Soviet Yiddish Satire Fared in America......Page 66
4 The Federal Theatre Project in Yiddish: “The Society of the Sorely Perplexed” Takes the Stage......Page 80
5 The Messiah of 1936: It Can’t Happen Here in Yiddish......Page 114
6 Pinski’s Prelude to a Golden Age: The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper......Page 130
7 Menasha Skulnik Becomes a Bridegroom: Popular Yiddish Theatre Reconsidered......Page 150
8 Prosperity’s Crisis on Stage: The Yiddish Puppetry of Maud and Cutler......Page 166
9 Leo Fuchs, Yiddish Vaudevillian in “Trouble”......Page 186
10 Yetta Zwerling’s Comic Dybbuk......Page 202
11 Menachem Mendel’s False Profits: Sholem Aleichemand the Communists......Page 212
12 The Anti-Milkhome Zamlung of 1937: The Yiddish Anti-War Catalogue Reconsidered......Page 230
13 Conclusion: Still Waiting for the Messiah......Page 240
Appendix......Page 248
Acknowledgments......Page 254
Notes......Page 256
Bibliography......Page 288
Index......Page 296
1 Messiahs of 1933: How Playwright Moishe Nadir and Artef Led America Out of the Great Depression to a Future of Full Employment, Justice, and Yiddish Satire for All......Page 10
2 Nadir’s Rivington Street: The Lower East Side Arises......Page 46
3 Prayer Boxes as Precious as Diamonds: How Soviet Yiddish Satire Fared in America......Page 66
4 The Federal Theatre Project in Yiddish: “The Society of the Sorely Perplexed” Takes the Stage......Page 80
5 The Messiah of 1936: It Can’t Happen Here in Yiddish......Page 114
6 Pinski’s Prelude to a Golden Age: The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper......Page 130
7 Menasha Skulnik Becomes a Bridegroom: Popular Yiddish Theatre Reconsidered......Page 150
8 Prosperity’s Crisis on Stage: The Yiddish Puppetry of Maud and Cutler......Page 166
9 Leo Fuchs, Yiddish Vaudevillian in “Trouble”......Page 186
10 Yetta Zwerling’s Comic Dybbuk......Page 202
11 Menachem Mendel’s False Profits: Sholem Aleichemand the Communists......Page 212
12 The Anti-Milkhome Zamlung of 1937: The Yiddish Anti-War Catalogue Reconsidered......Page 230
13 Conclusion: Still Waiting for the Messiah......Page 240
Appendix......Page 248
Acknowledgments......Page 254
Notes......Page 256
Bibliography......Page 288
Index......Page 296
