Yakov Alperin was an actor, songwriter and sketch director. Born October 28, 1921 in Botosani (Romania).
In 1941 he was deported to a labor camp in Bessarabian Edinet. After liberation in 1944 he returned to Botosani and went to work in the local theater. In 1945 he moved to Bucharest, where he played at the local Jewish theater, in 1948 received the status of state. In 1961 he immigrated to Israel and played in the theater Shimon Jigana, with whom he toured successfully in Western Europe, South America and South Africa. Since 1979, with a group of Israeli actors of the Jewish theater (Miri Sorianu, Ino Toper, etc.), he performed in the United States. In 1986 he returned to Israel, where a year later he became one of the founders of the Tel Aviv Theater “Yiddishpil”, which he worked until his death.
Laureate of various Romanian, American and Israeli theater awards, including the prize of the Association of Artists in Israel for his contribution to Jewish culture.
Jacob Alperin died on December 9, 2012 and was buried in the cemetery in Houlone (Israel).
6 thoughts on “Kaminos”
Was Nicholas related to Alexander Saslavsky who married Celeste Izolee Todd?
Anyone have a contact email for Yair Klinger or link to score for Ha-Bayta?
wish to have homeland concert video played on the big screen throughout North America.
can organize here in Santa Barbara California.
contacts for this needed and any ideas or suggestions welcomed.
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Are there any movies or photos of max kletter? His wife’s sister was my stepmother, so I’m interested in seeing them and sharing them with his wife’s daughter.
The article says Sheb recorded his last song just 4 days before he died, but does not tell us the name of it. I be curious what it was. I’d like to hear it.