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by Isi Tenenbom (Photographer), Nicholas Frankovich (Editor), Tuvia Tenenbom (Author)
"I Sleep in Hitler's Room" tells the scary, and hilariously funny, story of an American Jewish journalist and theater director in today's Germany.
Author Biography
Tuvia Tenenbom is a journalist, author, dramatist and the founder of The Jewish Theater of New York. Tuvia studied for his Doctorate in English Literature at St. John's University, earned his MFA in Playwriting at CUNY-Brooklyn, BS in Mathematics and Computer Science at Touro, and finished his Rabbinical Studies in Jerusalem. He also studied Christianity and Islam in Israel and NY, as well as Journalism, Acting, Theater and Finance (at NYU). "I Sleep in Hitler's Room" won great admiration from critics in the USA and abroad. WABC called it "A stunner!" and National Review termed it "A tremendous book," and was also endorsed by Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of Simon Wiesenthal Center. Tuvia was named "Founder of a new form of Jewish theater" by the French Le Monde, "Founder of The Theater of Catastrophe" by the German Die Zeit, "The New Jew" by the Israeli Maariv, "Free artist who fights for truth & tolerance" by the Belgian Le Vif L'Express and "One of the most iconoclastic and innovative of contemporary dramatists" by the Italian Corriere Della Sera. Critic D.J.R. Bruckner. reviewing for The New York Times, described Tuvia's theatrical work "irresistibly fascinating," and Alisa Solomon, writing for the Village Voice, called it "theater of integrity, inquiry and chutzpah." As a journalist, Tuvia writes essays and op-ed articles for various publications. His articles and essays have been published in newspapers including Die Zeit of Germany, Corriere della Sera of Italy, and Yedioth Ahronoth of Israel as well as on various internet sites.
