Jewish theatre

Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894–1940)

1964 musical

genre in theater

Polish writer

summer resort area in the Catskill Mountains, USA

thumb|1902 postcard showing a badkhn addressing a bride at a Jewish wedding A badchen or badkhn (, pronounced and sometimes written batkhn) is a type of Ashkenazic Jewish professional wedding entertainer, poet, sacred clown, and master of ceremonies originating in Eastern Europe, with a history dating back to at least the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The badkhn was an indispensable part of the traditional Jewish wedding in Europe who guided the bride and groom through the stages of the ceremony, acted as master of ceremonies, and sang to the bride, groom and in-laws with the accompaniment

ensemble of festive practices during Purim

play written by Harvey Fierstein