Amerİkalı Musevİ Oyun Ya zarlarının Amerİkan Tİyat rosuna Kat kıları

Among the first immigrants to America beside the English, Spaniards, Portuguese, French, there were also Jewish people. The first settlers had arrived in America in 1654. “Historians have traditionally divided American Jewish immigration into three periods: Sephardic, German, and Eastern European… ..The first group of Sephardic settlers arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654 from Brazil” (Zollman, t.y: 6). So, the Jewish presence in America goes back to 16th century. The first settlers had established the Congregation Sherith in New York in 1654. Beginning from then on Jewish writers had been active. Isaac Harby, Mordecai Manuel Noah, Jones B. Phillips, Samuel Benjamin, Helbert Judah were the important play writers of that period. At the last decades of 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, Davit Balesco became an important play-writer of America. Then, he was fallowed by many writers like Clifford Odets, Arthur Miller, Emler Rice, Sidney Kingsley, Woody Allen, David Mamet, and many other writers. Especially Arthur Miller and Clifford Odets are well-known writers all over the world. These writers have dealth with the economic, social, cultural problems of American society, especially the problems of the middle class. Clifford Odets says that “Whenever people talk to me of the incomparable advantages of the America, I think of all these broken middle class lives which I know so well” ( Brenman-Gibson, 1982:17). All of them have contributed the American Literature and Theatre. Theodore Bikel says “it could be said that Jews have taught America how to laugh and taught performers how to generate laughter” (Bikel, t.y: 4). So, as a result it can be said that from beginning of establishment of American society up to now many American Jewish playwriters, players, actors, actresses have contributed to the development of America and they will continue to contribute to it in the future, too.