A Year in Retrospect: ‘The Gospel According To Chaim’ Makes Yiddish Theater History
The Nights Before Christmas It was two hours before the Off-Broadway opening of The Gospel According to Chaim, and there was sheiml on the bread: that’s Yiddish for mold. Melissa Weisz, one of three actors in the performance, needed the two slices of rye as part of a prop sandwich for a scene during…