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Article: Yiddish Theatre: New Approaches.(Book Review)

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Yiddish Theatre: New Approaches. Ed. by JOEL BERKOWITZ. Oxford and Portland, OR: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. 2003. xiv+269 pp. 39-50 [pounds sterling] ISBN 1-874774-81-1.

Yiddish Theatre: New Approaches is a collection of articles aiming to be a comprehensive study of the history of Yiddish theatre. It is a stimulating and encouraging book that I am happy to recommend to the specialist and the curious reader alike.

As Joel Berkowitz states, the volume 'seeks not only to contribute to the telling of that story [of Yiddish theatre] from a variety of perspectives, but, in doing so, to make readers aware of some of the methodological ...

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