Poetic Drama – Genres – Israeli Dramatists Website

The Gypsies of Jaffa (Nissim Aloni)

In the 1971 documentary ﬁlm on the making of the Gypsies of Jaﬀa, Nissim Aloni describes being interviewed by a French Canadian TV channel, in French. He goes on to tell how he answered all questions in ﬂuent French, up until the question: Monsieur Aloni, what is the story of your play? –Here, he says,… Read more

A 39-year-old daughter of Holocaust survivors enters her dead parents’ old apartment after a twenty-year absence. Engulfed by childhood memories, scenes come to life of herself as a fifteen-year old, her parents and her aunt, who was in love with her brother-in-law. Observing them from a distance and becoming aware of their tragic life, she… Read more