The Creative Life of E. L. Gelfand — Actor And Director of the Birobidzhan State Jewish Theater Named After L. Kaganovich

Abstract

The relevance of the research topic is due to the specifics of cultural policy implemented in the Russian Federation, according to which culture has been elevated to the rank of national priorities and recognized as a guarantor of the preservation of single cultural space and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. The modern reality cannot ignore historical experience, which is why the purpose of the article was to study the work of the actor and director of the Birobidzhan State Jewish Theater named after L. Kaganovich — E. L. Gelfand. By recreating the history of the functioning of the Birobidzhan Jewish Theater in the 1930s and 1940s, — when E. Gelfand worked as an actor and director, the author of the article, based on archival documents, revealed some facts of Yefim Lvovich’s biography, the peculiarities of his creative and socio­political life. The author comes to the conclusion that the life of actor E. Gelfand was inextricably connected with the Birobidzhan Jewish Theater, and his work there contributed to the formation of his own creative style.