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Great Artists Series:
Maurice Schwartz and the Yiddish Art Theatre |
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Maurice
Schwartz was not only one of the world's foremost Yiddish
actors, he was also the founder and leader of the Yiddish
Art Theatre of New York.
Under his leadership, the talented
theater troupe performed in many high quality Yiddish
productions, always striving to maintain Schwartz's high
artistic standards.
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Great Artists Series:
The Magnificent Richard Tucker |
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Richard Tucker
was one of the finest American tenors to ever grace the stage of the
major opera houses of the world. He is undoubtedly the
finest Jewish tenor that ever lived.
His operatic career is certainly not the only facet of
Tucker's life in which he excelled, nor is it the only way
he chose to express himself in a spiritual and soulful
manner. He was an Orthodox Jew who served as the Cantor of a
Brooklyn synagogue and, being the good and proud Jew that he
was, unflinchingly gave his support to the new state of
Israel. Truly this is a man who befits the word
"magnificent."
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Tutorial: Searching the
Cemetery Databases
EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH CENTER |
The availability of various
online searchable cemetery databases provides each of us
with the opportunity to discover the burial sites of
many of our ancestors. There is a group of five
cemeteries located in the New York metro area that
provides us with such a service. However, achieving
success in our searches often proves difficult due to
inherent idiosyncrasies within each database. By
following this tutorial, the researcher will have a
better idea of such idiosyncrasies and ensure themselves
a greater chance of success.
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Military Uniforms of Europe |
Our Jewish ancestors were
often conscripted to fight in the armies of Europe. This
exhibition is a photographic display of "our men in
uniform," with an identification of country the army
represented and perhaps regiment.
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