Evelyn Dworetsky performing in “200,000/The Big Lottery," Madison, 1939

Every year the students staged a major theatrical performance, in Yiddish. Evelyn Dworetsky (Sylvia’s older sister, left photo) performed in Shalom Aleichem’s “200,000/The Big Lottery” in 1939. Shalom Aleichem is perhaps best know for writing the stories that formed the basis for the musical “Fiddler on the Roof.”