It's not what you say that counts. It's how you say it. And when you add a Yiddish inflection, anything can happen.
Noa Baum, an expert storyteller who was born and raised in Jerusalem, has a unique approach to
storytelling in communities and organizations. Since 1982, she has
inspired and educated audiences of all ages with her performances,
keynotes, and workshops.
Noa holds a BFA in Theater from Tel Aviv University
and was an actress with the Khan Repertory Theater of Jerusalem. She continued to combine storytelling and drama while
working in a school for emotionally disturbed boys in Tel-Aviv. Noa also
taught early childhood and special education teachers at several
colleges, including Levinsky Teachers College.
Noa has been living in the U.S. since 1990 and touring
internationally. She has presented at hundreds of venues including: The
World Bank, The Mayo Clinic, The Kennedy Center, The US Defense
Department, GWU Law School, Brandies and Stanford Universities, and
Hebrew University.
Her one-woman show for adults, A Land Twice Promised,
received a grant from the National Storytelling Network. She has also
received several Individual Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts
Council and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Maryland. She won a Parents’ Choice Recommended Award for her CD, Far Away and Close to Home.
In the video below, Noa performs one of her stories, "Trotsky's Telegram."
The scene: Red Square, near the Kremlin. Stalin addresses a roaring crowd, reading a telegram that he just received from Trotsky. A little Jewish tailor, standing in front of the podium, suggests an alternate reading. Enjoy!
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