Background
David S. Lifson was born on December 29, 1908 in New York, United States.
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Sholem Aleichem's Wandering Star and Other Plays of Jewish Life
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0845348108/?tag=2022091-20
Epic and Folk Plays of the Yiddish Theatre (Sara F. Yoseloff Memorial Publications in Judaism and Jewish Affairs) (English and Yiddish Edition)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/083861082X/?tag=2022091-20
Headless Victory: A Suspense Novel
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0498021440/?tag=2022091-20
David S. Lifson
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While spending twenty years operating his own paint manufacturing company in New York, Lifson decided to try his hand as a playwright. In 1943, his first play "Familiar Pattern" was produced Off-Broadway. After leaving the paint business in 1957, Lifson began a teaching career at Pratt Institute, then Jersey City State College, and later at Monmouth College. In 1965, his thesis was published as "The Yiddish Theatre in America". He contributed articles to magazines such as Jewish Currents and Jewish Quarterly as well as contributing to Encyclopaedia Judaica and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Lifson gained prominence as a playwright, producing plays for the Jewish theater audience. He wrote many plays, including "Gift of the Magi", "Mummers and Men", "Buffoons", and "Oh, Careless Love!". His books include "Headless Victory", "Epic and Folk Plays from the Yiddish Theatre", and "Sholem Aleichem’s Wandering Star and Other Plays of Jewish Life".
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