Prof. John Efron: The Yiddish Comedy Duo of Szymon Dzigan and Yisroel Shumacher

We are proud to partner in the Second Annual Eva and Martin Libitzky Memorial Lecture

From the late 1920s to the outbreak of WWII, the comedy duo of Szymon Dzigan and Yisroel Shumacher enjoyed unparalleled popularity in Poland's world of Yiddish entertainment. Their satirical monologues and political skits represented an unprecedented development in the nature of Jewish entertainment—modernist humor. After the Holocaust and their emigration to Israel, they trained their satirical observations on the contemporary political situation there—a genre yet to exist in Hebrew entertainment.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Reception 5:30pm; Lecture 6pm

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