On Thursday, February 17, a new book of Yiddish plays that have been translated into English, will be celebrated both in person and on Zoom at 7 p.m. EST. Join YIVO for this free event, filled with scenes of romance, political symbolism and low comedy all deftly translated by Yiddish theater scholar Nahma Sandrow , and performed by actors Yelena Shmulenson, Allen Lewis Rickman, Shane Baker and Jakob von Eichel. The program reflects the variety and range of Yiddish theater repertory, which Sandrow’s new book, “Yiddish Plays for Reading and Performance”, illustrates through three full plays and nine independent scenes,...