Yiddish kids operetta in NYC March 18th

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You are heartily invited to a revival of the family operetta
Lyalkes ("Puppets")
in Yiddish (with English translation provided)
Binyumen ("Ben") Schaechter, Musical Director

Sunday, March 18, 2001, 1:30 PM
at the
Sholem-Aleichem Cultural Center
3301 Bainbridge Avenue at 208 St
Bronx, NY  10467    (718) 881-6555

Contribution:  $2.50;  Center Members and Students free

Don?t miss this rare opportunity to see a classic 1930?s Yiddish children's 
show performed by the children of Pripetshik, a New York City 
Yiddish-language Sunday school/shule plus students and graduates from other 
Workmen?s Circle shuln.

An excerpt from a film about the Medem Sanatorium in Warsaw, Poland, where 
the 
operetta was written and first performed, will be screened prior to the 
performance.

Cast: 
 
Naftali Ejdelman, Nana (Keyleh-Freydl) Goldberg, Esther Gottesman, Yakov 
(Yankl) Pechersky, 
Daneel Leyvi Schaechter, Reyna Nekhuma Schaechter, Maya Shulman-Ment, Nathan 
(Nokhem) Tankus, 
Arun (Arele) Viswanath, Mallika (Malke-Leye) Viswanath, Meena Lifshe 
Viswanath, Barry (Simkhe-Khayim) Weinstein, Jeffrey (Fayvl) Weinstein, Leah 
Whiteman, Shifra Whiteman

BY TRAIN/BUS:  
D train to 205 St, Bronx  (the last stop).  Exit at back of train to 206 St 
and walk up Bainbridge Ave to 208 St.
(Also possible, but a longer, more winding walk:)
4 train to Mosholu Parkway.  Walk north one block to E 210 St.  Turn right on 
210 St and walk 5 blocks to Bainbridge Ave.  Take a right and walk downhill 
on Bainbridge one block, to 208 St.
Bronx buses:  Bx10, Bx28 & Bx34 stop across the street and up the block from 
S-A Cultural Center on Bainbridge Ave

BY CAR:
Bronx River Parkway to the Gun Hill Road exit.  Proceed west up Gun Hill Road 
(for those driving south, it?s a right;  for those driving north, a left).  
Half a mile up Gun Hill, make a left onto Bainbridge Ave.  Go two blocks to 
208 St.

Pripetshik is sponsored by Yugntruf, Youth for Yiddish, and The Workmen?s 
Circle/Arbeter Ring
Lyalkes is supported by Yugntruf & The Jacob T. Zukerman Fund of The 
Workmen?s Circle/Arbeter Ring.

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