The Yiddish Play: A Brokhe or A Blessing

The question of identity is a major theme of the play, A Blessing or A Brokhe in Yiddish, about Jewish refugees in America.
In the final act of a week of commemorations for victims of Islamic extremism, an oak tree will be planted in the Place de la Republique in Paris.
Tensions continue to simmer in the Middle East between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia.

(Photo: Left to right, Ben Rosenblatt (Kas) and Yelena Shmulenson (Dora) in A Blessing. Credit: Andrew Dyck)