Jewish Music & Theatre Online

Discover the research and performances that formed part of the AHRC-funded project 'Performing the Jewish Archive', and browse our online database of resources.

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Event

Out of the Shadows: Rediscovering Jewish Music and Theatre (Leeds & York)

"Out of the Shadows" featured music, cabaret, and theatre recovered from the Holocaust and related experiences, and new musical compositions.

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A vinterlid (A winter song)

Performance of Moses Pergament's A winter song at the 'Strains of revolution' concert, British Library 27 June 2017

Work

Laugh with Us (Smějte se s námi)

This cabaret was written by prisoners in the Terezín/Theresienstadt ghetto and performed in the spring and summer of 1944.

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Olivia Thomas

Member of Performing the Jewish Archives film crew

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Jewish Music & Theatre Online

Highlights from the archive

Out of the Shadows: Rediscovering Jewish Music and Theatre (Leeds & York)

A vinterlid (A winter song)

Laugh with Us (Smějte se s námi)

Person of the day

Olivia Thomas

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