Szlanger, Lea
1932-2023
An actress and a journalist, she was born in Kalisz, Poland. During the German occupation of Poland, she was in the Soviet Union. In 1945, she returned to Poland. She studied at the Academy of Theater and Film in Kraków and in the Music Academy in Breslau. Over the years 1953-1957, she was an actress in the Esther and Ida Kaminski Yiddish Theater of Warsaw. She made aliya in 1957.
She appeared in stage as a dramatic actress and singer in Yiddish and in Hebrew. She brought our several albums of songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Polish.
For three decades, she directed a Yiddish program concerning art and culture for the radio station Kol Yisrael (Voice of Israel).
She published notes and reportage pieces in
Forverts (Forward),
Dos Yidishe Vort (The Yiddish Word) in Warsaw,
Yidish Branzhe (Yiddish Branch), and
Yidishland (Yiddishland).
She died in Kefar Sava.