In Canadian Stage’s production of Italian playwright Stephano Massini’s The Lehman Trilogy, three powerhouse performances, a surprising and meaningful staging, and a sweeping story outweigh the curious neutrality of the script to create a vital, must-see show with high stock value.
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There will be some new names on the Lincoln Town Election ballot this year, but only one contest.
Brianna Doo and Evan Gorman are running for a three-year term on the Parks and Recreation Committee. The seat is being vacated by Sarah Chester.
The following candidates will also be on the ballot.
Incumbent Jennifer Glass is running for a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen.
Incumbent Susan Taylor and John Maclachlan are running for School Committee. Peter Borden is stepping down. There are two open seats.
Heather Cowap Salemme, of Lincoln and Mary Warzynski, of Sudbury, are running for two three-year terms on the Lincoln-Sudbury School Committee. Ellen Joachim and Sarah Chester are stepping down.
Courtesy of Miriam Borden
Where are you from / where do you live? From New Jersey; now living in Toronto.
What did you study at University? I majored in Jewish Studies, with an emphasis on literature and history which led me to my current program, a PhD in Yiddish Studies at the University of Toronto.
Please introduce us to your book collection. What areas do you collect in? I collect Yiddish books, broadly, but I emphasize textbooks, primers, and other educational materials produced for children in the Yiddish school system, from its heyday in the 1920s to its long decline, which reached into the 1970s. Teaching children Yiddish in the 20th century held a special significance. The question of language was paramount for modern Jewish expression and identity. Which was more appropriate: Hebrew, ancient and sacred or Yiddish, modern and diasporic? The Yiddish school system in America was one answer.