Vera Rozanka

Vera Rozanko

Vera Rozanka (Yiddish: װעראַ ראָזאַנקאַ, 1893–1985), was a Ukrainian Yiddish Theatre actor and manager, soprano, writer, radio performer, and recording artist.[1][2] During her career, she shared the stage with many notables of the Yiddish Theatre world, including Aaron Lebedeff, Ben Bonus, Fraydele Oysher, Miriam Kressyn and Menasha Skulnik. Among her typical acts were to perform as non-Jewish Russian, Ukrainian or Romani characters in folk costumes, performing under the name "the yiddishe shikse" (Shiksa).[3][4]

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  4. ^ "2. ״אידישע שיקסעס״ משפּט׳ן זיך אין קאָזרט". Forverts (in Yiddish). New York. March 13, 1941. p. 5.