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Article: Yiddish Proletarian Theatre: The Art and Politics of the Artef, 1925-1940.(Review)
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- American Jewish History
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- June 1, 2000
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Yiddish Proletarian Theatre: The Art and Politics of the Artef, 1925-1940. By Edna Nahshon. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. xv + 260 pp.
The history of theater in America in the first half of the twentieth century is inextricably connected with politics, particularly the politics of the left, and Yiddish theater is hardly an exception to the rule. Arguably, the most important example of the potent mixture of politics and theater in the Yiddish world was the Artef. Artef is a Yiddish acronym for Arbeter Teater Farband (Workers' Theater Union), and the company by that name that entertained, hectored, puzzled, and occasionally infuriated its audience over the ...