LONG AGO ON SECOND AVENUE — Zalmen Mlotek, artistic director of The National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene, captivated the audience last Saturday night at the St. Paul JCC with his musical lecture about the history of the Yiddish theater in New York City, its stars and songs, and its influence on Broadway composers from Irving Berlin to George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. The exploration of Yiddish culture continues at the JCC on Feb. 21, with Aliza Shevrin’s lecture on Sholem Aleichem. (Photo: Mordecai Specktor)
LONG AGO ON SECOND AVENUE — Zalmen Mlotek, artistic director of 
