Lawrence Weinstein and Betty (Blachman) Jacobs performing in “200,000/The Big Lottery," Madison, 1939

Lawrence Weinstein and Betty (Blachman) Jacobs performing in “200,000/The Big Lottery," Madison, 1939

Madison (Wis.)

Jewish community centers--Wisconsin

Yiddish theater

1939

Every year the students staged a major theatrical performance, in Yiddish. Lawrence Weinstein and Betty (Blachman) Jacobs (photo right) performed in Shalom Aleichem’s “200,000/The Big Lottery” in 1939. Shalom Aleichem is perhaps best known for writing the stories that formed the basis for the musical “Fiddler on the Roof."

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison Public Library

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