David Kessler was a prominent actor in the first great era of Yiddish theater. As a star Yiddish dramatic performer in New York City, he was the first leading man in Yiddish theater to dispense with i
David Kessler Jennie Goldstein and Malvina Lobel in Joseph Lateiner's "The Jewish Heart"
from right: Jacob P. Adler, Zigmund Feinman, Zigmund Mogulesko, Rudolf Marx, Mr. Krastoshinsky and David Kessler, 1888
Solomon Smulewitz, sometimes known by the anglicized name Solomon Small, was a Russian-born American tenor, folk poet, badchen, playwright, recording artist, and composer for the yiddish theatre. He w