Temporary seat of the Jewish Theatre at 35 Senatorska Street in WarsawThe former Theatre building at plac Grzybowski (Grzybowski Square). The building was demolished in 2017. Purim spiel performance in Yiddish, March 2009
The Ester Rachel and Ida Kaminska Jewish Theater (Polish: Teatr Żydowski im. Estery Racheli i Idy Kamińskich) is a state theatrical institution in Warsaw, Poland. It was named after the Polish-Jewish actress Ester Rachel Kamińska, who was called the "mother of Yiddish theater,"[1] and her daughter, the Academy Award-nominated actress Ida Kamińska.[2] Ida Kamińska directed the theater and acted in its productions from the time of its founding until 1968.[3]
The State Jewish Theater was formed in 1950 from two theater troupes which performed in Wrocław and Łódź in 1945–50. The theatre worked in both cities over the next few years and gave guest performances across Poland. In 1955 it moved to Warsaw permanently.[4] Since 1970 it has performed in its own building on Grzybowski Square.[3]
Since its inception, the theater has sought to continue the rich traditions of prewar Jewish theatrical stages in Poland. Plays at the theater are shown in Polish and Yiddish (headphones with Polish translation are available).
Juliusz Berger, Mieczysław Bram, Chewel Buzgan, Seweryn Dalecki, Izaak Dogim, Piotr Erlich, Leon Garbarski, Karol Latowicz, Herman Lercher, Marian Melman, Abraham Morewski, Henryk Rajfer, Jack Recknitz, Józef Retik, Samuel Rettig, Abraham Rozenbaum, Jan Szurmiej, Dawid Obłożyński, Szymon Szurmiej, Michał Szwejlich, Zygmunt Turkow.
References
^Steinlauf, Michael C. (2010, August 17). "Kaminski Family." YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
^ abLeyko, Małgorzata (2010, October 11). "Polish State Yiddish Theater." Translated by Michael C. Steinlauf. YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
^"Historia". Teatr Żydowski (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-12.
