Jonathan Rothman
Toronto-based news reporter at The Canadian Jewish News (The CJN), covering municipal politics, arts and culture, and security issues affecting the Jewish community in Canada.
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May 27, 2026
Ellin BessnerHOST
So is Canada the first place outside of New York that's had this Yiddish version? Yeah.
Jonathan RothmanGUEST
L.A. is actually the next place that the production is going to be mounted that we know about.
Jonathan RothmanGUEST
So there was a tour that the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company producers had been one of the first – groups to sort of take an active interest on.
Jonathan RothmanGUEST
The producers told me about going down to see the show in 2018 or 2019 when it was playing in New York and that they had started conversations and then after COVID it kind of lagged and then They managed to pick it up from the back burner and really wanted to, you know, make this happen.
Ellin BessnerHOST
What was the reason that they decided this play needed to be heard in its Mameloshan, in its original language?