May 26, 2026
Tag: Second Avenue: New York’s Yiddish Rialto
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Second Avenue: New York’s Yiddish Rialto
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Yiddish theater sprouted in the capital cities of Eastern Europe but came into full bloom on Second Avenue on New York’s Lower East Side. Yiddish theater was a phenomenon that produced 20 or more shows every night. Postcard advertising was a favored media in finding audiences.
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Americans. Canadians. We are so much alike. We live in the same kind of homes, we eat the same foods, we drive the same cars, we shop in the same stores, we have even fought the same wars. Change the address on any one of these stories and it would make the same history. Curious history!