Farewell, TJT. After Thirty-Four Years, Stories and Gratitude: The Videos.

On May 14, 2012, at the “Final Farewell to Traveling Jewish Theatre” at the Z Space in San Francisco, around 300 friends, colleagues, supporters, past and present board members, audience members and companions of the road joined co-founders Albert Greenberg, Naomi Newman and myself (Corey Fischer), former member Helen Stoltzfus, former artistic director Aaron Davidman and executive director Sara Schwartz Geller in celebrating the company’s history and legacy.

Below, I’ve made a link  to each individual video clip that I’ve uploaded so far. These are exceptional acts of witness to the history and Legacy that TJT carries.   I will be adding to this initial offering as soon as possible.  There’s a lot more where this came from. Please let your friends know about the clips by sharing this post and please leave a “reply” below to let me know you were here and, if you wish, to respond to what you see.

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[click name to see video]

Richard Kaplan sings a blessing he composed for TJT

Deena Metzger tells the story of TJT’s creation. She was there.

Sara Felder performs her remix (with juggling) of a passage from TJT’s first play

Rhoda Kaufman on TJT and the Yiddishe Neshoma (Jewish Soul. “Yiddish” means “Jewish” in Yiddish).

Eileen Posnick, accompanied by her husband Michael, sings the song she taught us for The Last Yiddish Poet

Dudley Cocke: Yiddish in Kentucky

Norman Fischer:  Buddhism, Yiddishkeit and Poetry.

Anne Galjour tells how she became a celebrated playwright and performer after a start working TJT’s box-office shortly after her arrival from Southeastern Louisiana (the Cajun French part)

Please add your responses, stories, memories by “replying” below.

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