Miriam Bernstein-Cohen ^People

The daughter of Jacob Bernstein-Cohen. In 1925 Bernstein-Cohen founded a periodical, Teatron ve-Omanut (Theater and Art) the first Hebrew-language publica- tion in Palestine to deal with these subjects. She was a versatile actor, appearing suc-cessfully both in comedies and in serious plays. In addition to her theater work, she wrote books and essays on theater and literature throughout her life. She translated plays, and hosted a radio program, Curtains and Lights, together with Giora Manor.Bernstein-Cohen was awarded many prizes, including the Israel Prize for Theater (1975) and the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality's Theater Arts Prize (1969), withwhich she established a scholarship fund for young actors. Bernstein-Cohen appearedwith the Ohel, Matateh and Haifa Municipal Theater companies. In addition to hertheater work, she wrote books and essays on theater and literature throughout her life.She wasfluent in Russian, Hebrew, German, French, and English. She studied Italian becauseshe did not like the Russian translation of Dante and she learned Latin as partof her medical studies. Thanks to her fluency in so many languages, she also translated literary works into Hebrew, including a Russian translation of an English-language story when she was only sixteen. She translated plays, adapted plays for broadcasting and hosted a radio program, Curtains and Lights, together with Giora Manor. She wrote for the Li-La-Lo Palestine Revue and for solo performances.