Miriam Bernstein-Cohen | Jewish Women's Archive (original) (raw)
The memorial plaque of actor, director, poet and translator Miriam Bernstein-Cohen (and her husband Michael Gor)
Photo by Dr. Avishai Teicher. From Wikimedia Commons.
In Brief
Miriam Bernstein-Cohen, actor, director, poet, and translator, was born in Kishinev in 1895. After her family immigrated to Palestine, she had a flourishing artistic career there. In 1925 Bernstein-Cohen founded a periodical, Te’atron ve-Omanut (Theater and Art) the first Hebrew-language publication in Palestine to deal with these subjects. She was a versatile actor, appearing successfully both in comedies and in serious plays. In addition to her theater work, she wrote books and essays on theater and literature throughout her life. She translated plays, and hosted a radio program, “Curtains and Lights,” together with Giora Manor. Bernstein-Cohen was awarded many prizes, including the Israel Prize for Theater (1975) and the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality’s Theater Arts Prize (1969), with which she established a scholarship fund for young actors.
Bibliography
Kohansky, Mendel. “Bernstein-Cohen, Miriam.” In Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed., edited by Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik, 486. Vol. 3. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.
Malkin, Jeanette R. and Rokem, Freddie. “Jews and the Making of Modern German Theatre.” Comparative Drama: Vol. 44 : Iss. 3 , Article 11. 2010.