Del jerem a la clausura: el Teatro IFT, la colectividad judía argentina y los conflictos políticos durante los años 50

Abstract

On November 11, 1953, the IFT Theatre (Idisher Folks Teater-Jewish People’s Theatre) one of the most important Jewish theatres of Buenos Aires at the time. This ban continued until October 1955. Which were the reasons that explained this ban? Who benefited from the shutting down of an independent Jewish theatre that represented its plays in Yiddish? Was it because it was a Jewish theatre and it used Yiddish in public events? Did they close it for communist? Why didn't the Argentine Jewish community intervene in front of Perón government to lift the ban? Why did the government ignore the claims coming from the Argentine and the international theatre community to reopen the IFT? This paper will try to answer these questions by inquiring into the ideological and political conflicts within the Argentine Jewish community that confronted the different sectors – Zionist, Peronist and Communist – during the 50s.

Keywords

• IFT Theatre
• fifties
• ICUF
• Argentinean Jewish Community
• DAIA