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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising TO WITNESS, CONSOLE and LAMENT: A World Premier Dramatic Reading of Yitshak Katzenelson’s epic powerful work about the Warsaw Ghetto – Song of the Massacred Jewish People (1943-44) דאָס ליד פֿונעם אויסגעהרגעטן ייִדישן פֿאָלק In English and Yiddish With Special Guest Appearance by Mike Burstyn Directed by Jeremy Aluma In-person at the HMLA |
 Yitshak Katzenelson יצחק קאַצענעלסאָן Begun in the Warsaw Jewish ghetto where he was interred with his wife and sons, the acclaimed Yiddish poet Yitzhak Katzenelson achieved something that has rarely, if ever, been achieved: an epic poem composed in hellish circumstances. While Katzenelson perished in Auschwitz soon after, his requiem miraculously survived. In a masterful recent English translation by Jack Hirschman, this work gives us an eye-witness account like no other to the depredations of the ghetto and the acts of heroism; a consolation to those who remained; and ultimately, a lyrical lament for those who did not. This program for the first time brings Katzenelsen’s unprecedented act of spiritual resistance dramatically alive. |
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Presented by the Holocaust Museum Los Angeles (HMLA) in partnership with The California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language This event is free and open to the public. |
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April 9, 2023 3 pm Event Location: HMLA 100 The Grove Drive Los Angeles, CA 90036 |