importantly, it’s this idea of staying connected… of not being held
back by the past, but, in some
ways, being strengthen by their
connection to it.
“The last piece on the program
is from the closing section called
‘Mayne Menstshn,’ which is Yiddish for my people,” noted Dorfman. “This section is about the
American Dream and it speaks
of coming to America and facing all of the joys, the challenges,
and the wonders of immigrants
who came here. It’s a story that
doesn’t change. It’s one of issues
of assimilation, bias, and how one
becomes part of a larger whole
while maintaining their connection to their own identity and their
own culture — The question of
how to move forward in those two
worlds. All together, the three
pieces are the journey you take
through the evening. In some
ways it’s a call to action. For us to
not sit there as an audience and
be complacent about what is happening around the world today.”
Dorfman feels a real connection
to the concept of hope shared by
the people in these stories. Her
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