--- title: "1 American author Quotes By Stefan Kanfer" description: "1 American author quotes by Stefan Kanfer. Plus more from Stefan Kanfer and more American author sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/stefan-kanfer-44090_big-city_folksbiene-an-impoverished-frail-yiddish_675184.jpg" --- > [“FOLKSBIENE, an impoverished, frail Yiddish theater company in constant danger of annihilation, had outlasted all the giants. The year of Schwartz's death the little troupe moved into the Forward building, guaranteeing it a permanent home with four walls and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-kanfer/folksbiene-an-impoverished-frail-yiddish-theater-company-in-constant/) [Stefan Kanfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-kanfer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/stefan-kanfer-44090_big-city_folksbiene-an-impoverished-frail-yiddish_675184.jpg) ## More by Stefan Kanfer > [They are the literary equivalent of sequins on an evening dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-kanfer/they-are-the-literary-equivalent-of-sequins-on-an-evening-dress/) [Stefan Kanfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-kanfer/) > [An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-kanfer/an-aphorism-is-a-personal-observation-inflated-into-a-universal-truth/) [Stefan Kanfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-kanfer/) > [“FOLKSBIENE, an impoverished, frail Yiddish theater company in constant danger of annihilation, had outlasted all the giants. The year of Schwartz's death the little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-kanfer/folksbiene-an-impoverished-frail-yiddish-theater-company-in-constant/) [Stefan Kanfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-kanfer/) > [Kenney knows two essential truths about melodrama: First that it is most powerful when combined with irony and understatement; and second that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-kanfer/kenney-knows-two-essential-truths-about-melodrama-first-that-it-is/) [Stefan Kanfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-kanfer/) > [There's something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-kanfer/there-s-something-strange-and-powerful-about-black-and-white-imagery/) [Stefan Kanfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-kanfer/) > [The catalogue of miseries seems to cry out for commercial spots and a station break: the stuff of noonday soap opera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-kanfer/the-catalogue-of-miseries-seems-to-cry-out-for-commercial-spots-and-a/) [Stefan Kanfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-kanfer/) > [...telephone operators now routinely use '80s-babble, chirping, "Have a nice day," the moral equivalent of the smile button.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-kanfer/telephone-operators-now-routinely-use-80s-babble-chirping-have-a-nice/) [Stefan Kanfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-kanfer/) > [Inside every man there is a poet who died young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-kanfer/inside-every-man-there-is-a-poet-who-died-young/) [Stefan Kanfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-kanfer/) > [Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-kanfer/sorrows-cannot-all-be-explained-away-in-a-life-truly-lived-grief-and/) [Stefan Kanfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-kanfer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-author/stefan-kanfer/#itemlist", "name": "1 American author Quotes By Stefan Kanfer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“FOLKSBIENE, an impoverished, frail Yiddish theater company in constant danger of annihilation, had outlasted all the giants. 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It didn't matter how well attended those shows were, or how well acted, or the duration of their runs. The point was that the Folksbiene had survived, just as the Jewish people had survived. Together, they were the keepers of the flame. 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