support for what she considered to be good theater. The next incarnation of the company was organized by Adler, although Rosenberg was once again a partner. With Keni Liptzin, they toured to Rostov, Taganrog, around Lithuania, and to Dünaburg (now Daugavpils, Latvia). Intending to bring the troupe to Saint Petersburg, they brought back their former manager Chaikel Bain. They were in Riga in August 1883 when the news arrived that a total ban was about to be placed on Yiddish theater in Russia. The troupe were left stranded in Riga. Chaikel Bain took ill and died. With some difficulty, passage to London for the troupe was arranged on a cattle ship, in exchange for entertaining the crew. However, about this time the Grodners reappeared, and Adler wanted to include them in the group headed for London. According to Adler, Rosenberg, who played many of the same roles as Israel Grodner, told Adler "it's him or me". Adler attempted to convince him to change his mind, but insisted on including Grodner in the travel party; Adler considered him one of the best actors in Yiddish theater and an asset to the troupe for their performances in London, while he felt Rosenberg lacked depth as an actor. He tried to convince Rosenberg to come with them to London, but Rosenberg refused. In his memoir, Adler says that when he went back in Europe in 1903 in the wake of the Chişinău pogrom, in an unsuccessful attempt to convince some of his family to join him in the United States, he encountered Rosenberg as a street beggar and unsuccessfully attempted to give him money. Shortly after, he heard that Rosenberg was dead. Notes References Adler, Jacob, A Life on the Stage: A Memoir, translated and with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld, Knopf, New York, 1999, . 38-41, 60, 78-80, 83, 89-93, passim. Yiddish theatre Yiddish theatre performers Theatre people from Odesa Odesa Jews 1850s births 1900s deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain Broder singers