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Israel Shumacher
Dzigan and Schumacher were a Polish Jewish comedy duo who worked primarily in Yiddish. Dzigan and Schumacher performed on stage for thirty years, countless times in Poland, later Israel, and across the globe, in many films and stage shows. Biographies Shimon Dzigan (1905 – April 14, 1980) and Israel Schumacher (1908 – May 21, 1961) were both born in Łódź. Dzigan's father was a soldier in the Imperial Russian Army. After the outbreak of World War I, Dzigan was apprenticed to a tailor to help the family make ends meet.Koyekh fun yidishn humor, Shimon Dzigan's autobiography Schmacher went to a Hebrew school.Gross, Natan (2010).Dzigan and Shumacher. ''YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe''. yivoencyclopedia.org. Translated from Polish by Inessa Medzhibovskaya; revised by Michael C. Steinlauf. Retrieved 2018-07-26. Career Moishe Broderzon was impressed by Dzigan's improvised parodies in 1927, and invited him to join the Ararat literary '' kleynkunst (cabaret) theater'' t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Jewish
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Jews, Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the long period of statutory toleration, religious tolerance and Qahal, social autonomy which ended after the Partitions of Poland in the 18th century. During World War II there was a nearly complete genocide, genocidal destruction of the Polish Jewish community by Nazi Germany and its collaborators of various nationalities, during the German occupation of Poland between 1939 and 1945, called the Holocaust. Since the fall of communism in Poland, there has been a renewed interest in Jewish culture, featuring an annual Jewish Culture Festival, new study programs at Polish secondary schools and universities, and the opening of Warsaw's Museum of the History of Polish Jews. From the founding of the Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385), Kingdom of Poland in 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
