Globe Yiddish Theater, Auburn, 1914
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Colby College Special Collections
The language we use in order to communicate with those around us affects the way we think and how we conceive of ourselves. English was generally not the first language of Jewish immigrants to the United States, who often continued to use their mother tongue.
Hyman Rosenthal of Waterville read Yiddish newspapers sent to him by his brothers in New York and New Jersey.
The store records of Waterville's William Levine reveal that he also did his reading and writing in Yiddish.
A traveling theater group, the Globe Yiddish Theater, performed around Maine with plays in Yiddish.
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