Evelyn Dworetsky performing in “200,000/The Big Lottery," Madison, 1939

Evelyn Dworetsky 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. Evelyn Dworetsky (Sylvia’s older sister, left photo) performed in Shalom Aleichem’s “200,000/The Big Lottery” in 1939. Shalom Aleichem is perhaps best know for writing the stories that formed the basis for the musical “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison Public Library

Photograph

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