50 Years: Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

YOUTH PLAY

NO MORE RAISINS, NO MORE ALMONDS

By Batia Bettman, Directed by Bryna Wasserman

No More Raisins, No More Almonds is an original play about youth during the Holocaust that parallels the fate of too many young people in our world today. It is a powerful demonstration of the core of racism and prejudice, of what happens to innocent children who are mistreated, not for what they do, but for who they are.

Professionally directed and designed, No More Raisins, No More Almonds is performed by youth, for youth and about youth who were trapped in an Eastern European ghetto during the Holocaust. It is based on songs about children and teenagers that were written and sung in the ghettos. Drawn from historical documents, the play tells the story of a group of young people from their point of view. They lived in a ghetto and had to learn to survive from day to day.

Post-performance discussions deal with the impact of bigotry and solutions. This dialogue between actors and audiences is an integral part of the theatre learning experience.

The dialogue of the play is in English with the songs in their original Yiddish, translated through supertitles.

THIS PLAY DRAMATIZES

the roots of racism
the effects of anti-Semitism
the lessons of the Holocaust
the dangers of indifference
the importance of individual responsibility
the resistance of the human spirit against all odds

The play continues to resonate with significance
for the fate of too many young people in our world today
who continue to suffer -
not for what they've done but for who they are.

OUR PARTNERS

  • AWAR - Action Week Against Racism
  • Canadian Museum of Civilization (Gatineau)
  • Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy (Quebec City)
  • Rire 2000 (Quebec City)
  • Canadian Foundation for Race Relations
  • Canadian Centre for Ecumenism
  • Communities Against Bigotry (Virginia, USA)
  • Jewish Federation Ottawa
  • Board of Jewish Education, UJA Federation (Toronto)
  • Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region
  • Bialik High School (Montreal)

FOR SUPPORTING OUTREACH TO SCHOOLS

  • Norbert & Gusta Roth Foundation
  • La Fondation Alex Et Ruth Dworkin
  • La Fondation du Grand Montréal
  • English Montreal School Board/ la Commission scolaire English-Montréal (CSEM), Michael J. Cohen