Mike & Peishachke Burstein : Shabbos nochn kigel.
Born as Pesach-ke Burstein due to his birth on Passover (April 15, 1896), he was raised in Berdiansk. He ran away from home as a teenager to join a traveling Yiddish theatrical troupe. He was arrested as a spy by Russians during World War I. He never again saw his parents, who were murdered in a pogrom. Pesach died on April 6, 1986 in the United States.
His son Michael Burstein was born in New York City(July 1, 1945) and is an American actor known onstage as Mike Burstyn.
From the Yiddish tape collection of Abraham Altheim z'l.
Monday, May 24, 2010
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