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Jacob Gordin's Mirele Efros in Habima on the Eve of WWII

Jacob Gordin's Mirele Efros in Habima on the Eve of WWII

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Jacob Gordin's Mirele Efros in Habima on the Eve of WWII

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Jacob Gordin's Mirele Efros in Habima on the Eve of WWII

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Bloomington: Indiana University Press

Journal title

Israel studies (Bloomington, Ind.), 2019-09, Vol.24 (3), p.26-49

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English

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Bloomington: Indiana University Press

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In July 1939, as the winds of war were blowing, Habima theater put on Jacob Gordin's Mirele Efros in Hebrew. The production gained overwhelming success in the Yishuv, despite the fact that the play was perceived as the kind of Jewish exilic culture that ought to be left behind. I would like to show that this theatrical event functioned as a site-bo...

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Jacob Gordin's Mirele Efros in Habima on the Eve of WWII

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2522854335

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2522854335

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ISSN

1084-9513

E-ISSN

1527-201X

DOI

10.2979/israelstudies.24.3.02

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