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...Where do Jews come from?” asks a character in the first act of “A Little Night Yiddish.” The play, written by Laura M. Togut ’08, may not answer this question, but it certainly gives the viewer a visual treat in its presentation of Yiddish theater and song. Despite a hard-to-follow plotline and technical difficulties related to the projection of English subtitles, the show was amusing and the cast was enthusiastic. Unfamiliarity with the Yiddish language or Jewish traditions didn’t prevent anyone from having...
...Laura M. Togut ’08 definitely has chutzpah. “A Little Night Yiddish,” written and directed by Togut, features traditional Jewish songs in their original Yiddish book-ended by scripted English sequences that she authored. This work has been the culmination of Togut’s Yiddish studies at Harvard as well as her passion for Jewish culture. “I feel like I am going out with a bang,” she says.Togut began studying Yiddish her freshman year in part to satisfy Harvard’s language requirement...
...band displayed its humorous bent, improvising a nonsensical song in the middle of discussion with the moderator, Tracy E. Nowski ’07, and playing soothing elevator music in the background as O’Brien rose to offer obligatory thank-yous. Laura M. Togut ’08, who described herself as a “not die-die hard fan,” nevertheless danced in the aisle with a friend during the bluegrass remix of “One Week.” Perhaps the event could be summed by singer-guitarist Tyler J. Stewart...
...There's a general sense that we need to hiremore minorities and women. The debate will be overwhat is the most effective way to do it. I thinkit's an error to assume that there is an effort togut the Verba report," Epps said
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