Jewish Theater

Jewish theater may refer to:

  • Theatre in secular Jewish culture, various theatres focused on Jewish writers and topics
    • Yiddish theater, plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish
      • Habimah, the national theatre of Israel and one of the first Hebrew language theatres
    • Association for Jewish Theatre, an American cultural organization dedicated to helping its members produce “plays relevant to Jewish life and values.”

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