It's Hard to be a Jew

It's Hard to be a Jew (Yiddish: Shver tsu zayn a yid) is a Yiddish-language comedy play by Sholom Aleichem about the difficulty of Jewish-Gentile relationships in the Russian Empire.Zilbertsvayg Z. Leksikon fun yidishn teater. Nyu- York, 1963. Band 4. Shp. 3389–3400. Written in 1914,Alexander Frenkel, ЗАПРЕЩАЛАСЬ ЛИ «КРОВАВАЯ ШУТКА» В СССР? it was premiered at The Yiddish Art Theatre, Second Avenue, New York on 1 October 1920, and revived in 1949.Museum of the Yiddish Theatre It's Hard to be a Jew The play was adapted at the Eden Theater in 1973 with new melodies by Sholom Secunda.The New York Times Theater: Aleichem's ‘Hard to Be a Jew’ OCT. 30, 1973 "If you're one of those who think of Yiddish theater in terms of bygone art, by all means get down to the original Broadway of the art, and see one of the more lively shows in town, It's Hard to Be a Jew."

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