Old Time Yiddish Comedy with Henrietta Jacobson and Julius Adler

Henrietta Jacobson was one of the most venerable actresses and comedians of the Yiddish theater, which flourished on the Lower East Side during the first half of the century. The daughter, wife and mother of Yiddish actors, she made her stage debut at age 3 in Chicago, where she was born.

Her husband, Julius Adler, was almost always her co-star in New York and on the road. They produced and directed at the Downtown National Theater and other Lower East Side playhouses, with Henrietta often designing the sets and doing the choreography.

Their son, Bruce Adler, whom we profiled as a performer in Jewish humor and song in 2014, made a name for himself in the Yiddish theatre.

Here is a 1939 Yiddish comedy routine performed by Henrietta Jacobson and Julius Adler. Enjoy!

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