From Michèle Fornhoff, the author:
"Nearly 1,000 Yiddish plays, some 4,000 performances — and, finally, a book!
Jouer la judéité. Le théâtre yiddish à Paris (1919–1939) [Staging Jewishness: Yiddish Theatre in Paris, 1919–1939], based on my doctoral thesis, awarded the 2025 Henri Hertz Prize by the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris, will be published (in French) by Éditions Classiques Garnier today.
Drawing on archives from Paris, New York, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv, this first book-length study of Yiddish theatre in interwar Paris brings back to light a buoyant theatrical world — and asks how Jewishness was shaped, negotiated, and transformed on its stages for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences.
The book is available through Classiques Garnier (https://classiques-garnier.com/jouer-la-judeite-le-theatre-yiddish-a-paris-1919-1939.html) and major online booksellers."
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