He married Miriam Kressyn, another star of the Yiddish stage, in 1943.

He headed out on his own after reaching adulthood, in a bid to reach audiences bigger than the Yiddish stage.

The Jewish Encyclopedia described him in 1904 as "the best comedian on the Yiddish stage.

He is known also as a leading composer of music for the Yiddish stage.

He left vaudeville to become a well known comic actor on the Yiddish stage.

But inexorably the Yiddish stage and screen fell victim to demographics.

Her mother, Sarah, she says, was called "the Bernhardt of the Yiddish stage."

Both productions have younger actors as well, veterans of the Yiddish stage, though much or most of their experience is in English.

For three decades, they were inseparable on the Yiddish stage here, starring in one play or revue after another.

After Pinchas translated this story it became a favorite of the Yiddish stage.