Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

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Ed Asner
Ed Asner

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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Joseph Stalin
Иосиф Сталин

Solomon Mikhoels
Solomon Mikhoels

Venyamin Zuskin
Venyamin Zuskin

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