Aileen Jacobson
Can you imagine a movie titled “The Artist’s Husband” about a man who abandoned his own budding career as a painter so he could cater to his wife’s needs and… Read more »
Old and New Wives’ Tales
Author: Aileen Jacobson
Harbor From the Holocaust: The Jews of Shanghai
Aileen Jacobson
By Aileen Jacobson In 1941, Laura Margolis, the American Joint Distribution Committee’s first female field agent, was sent to Shanghai to help the nearly 20,000 Jews who had fled there… Read more »
Maiden, Sorceress and Stepmother on Stage, Yiddish-Style
Aileen Jacobson
All strong women don’t have to be saintly. We may not want to emulate them, but we have to consider them as part of a spectrum of interesting and important characters who transcend their archetypes.
The Extraordinary Bravery and Short Life of Hannah Senesh Come to Life in the Revival of a Valuable Play
Aileen Jacobson
Her journal entries allow us to understand her thoughts and the reasoning behind her actions. “With the whole world on fire,” she wrote in 1940, “we must all find our own way, our own place, our own calling.”
A Feminist Takes on the Constitution—Live on Broadway
Aileen Jacobson
Jewish feminists will be intrigued by Schreck's discussion of the constitution and its protections–or lack thereof–for women.
Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish!) and Feminism
Aileen Jacobson
A new Yiddish production accentuates the joys of the original.
“Do You Know What Meshugge Means?”
by Aileen Jacobson
“I want to tell you what happened to my grandmother, Gladys Green, near the end of her life.”
Gloria Steinem’s Life, Onstage
Aileen Jacobson
It is high time for the creation of “Gloria: A Life.” which is both a history lesson and, a visceral connection to the anger, the excitement and the hope of the feminist movement.
The Chutzpah of Sarah Bernhardt
Aileen Jacobson
This illegitimate daughter of a Dutch Jewish courtesan had already gained wide renown as the best actress of her day when she decided to take on a high-risk role: She wanted to play Hamlet. Not girlfriend Ophelia or mother Gertrude, but the Danish prince himself, considered by many to be Shakespeare’s most difficult and iconic character.
A Forgotten Lillian Hellman Play That Deserves Another Chance
Aileen Jacobson
The play turns out to be a complicated but riveting drama that explores the issues of money and morality, family relationships, social justice and women’s place in society—issues that Hellman often pursued in her writing and that resonate today.