For As Long As The Lamp Is Burning: A One-Act Play

Author, Researcher, or Creator

Jon Papernick, Emerson CollegeFollow

Affiliation of Author, Researcher, or Creator

School of the Arts

Department

Writing, Literature and Publishing

Author(s)

Jonathan Papernick

Resource Type

Play

Publication, Publisher or Distributor

Not published

Publication Date

Winter 2022

Related Information

This play is adapted from Jonathan Papernick's short story "For As Long As The Lamp Is Burning," which appeared in the short story collection The Ascent of Eli Israel, Arcade, New York, 2002.

Brief Description

Miriam Bravermann, (Mama) a Holocaust survivor living in 1990’s Jerusalem believes the Nazis have stolen the mezuzah off her door post. Her adult son Avshalom is concerned that she’s beginning to lose her grip on reality and wants her to move in with him and his family. Mama has taken on the near holy responsibility of remembering, and refuses to accept that she may actually be forgetting.

Keywords

One-act Play, Holocaust, awakened memories, adult children with aging mother, memory and forgetting, Jerusalem, antisemitism, Effects of trauma, Arab/Jewish relations

Preferred Citation Style

MLA

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