Review:
"One of the most interesting, lively and informative books that I have ever had the pleasure to read on subjects of Jewish-American culture and its connections with American popular culture." --Paul Buhle, Brown University
"[Schechter] is at his best when describing individual plays and locating them in a social context...these [are] lively accounts." --Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter, February/March 2009
"A stylish, wry, and in-depth study of its subject. A very well-balanced blend of summary, excerpt, commentary, and reportage about critical responses of the day." Lawrence Bush, Editor, Jewish Currents "Schechter's passion for these long-forgotten works of Yiddish radicalism is contagious. Readers will be inspired to find out more about the rich tradition of Yiddish leftist theatre." The Jewish Daily Forward "[Schechter] has a wonderfully intuitive feeling for the material that only someone who has directed Yiddish plays (albeit in English) is likely to possess... [N]o review can do justice to Schechter's analysis of the plays and their meaning, but suffice it to say, a close reading of his book will prove delightful." Towards Freedom "Schechter tells the whole story of [Moise] Nadir and Artef (Arbeter Teater Farband, the collective of the workers' theater movement) with verve and elegance while never sacrificing scholarly standards... The book's photographs, cartoons, and illustrations are important references, and the bibliography is complete. This volume makes a significant contribution to the documentation of immigrant American culture. Summing Up: Highly recommended." Choice "Messiahs is well worth a perusal; the author writes with vigor and enthusiasm throughout, and his history is accompanied by witty comic strips, photographs and posters. Moreover, we can never have enough books about plays written in a tongue Isaac Bashevis Singer described as 'the wise and humble language of us all, the idiom of a frightened and hopeful humanity.'" --Moment Magazine, Nov/Dec 2008
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