An excerpt from ‘Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish’
Rokhl’s Golden City: Classic movies you can see on the big screen—and rarer curiosities you should seek out
I never liked ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ But watching ‘Tevye’—a Yiddish film released 80 years ago, long before the musical—with my father, I changed my view of the legendary lead character.
Why has the musical been beloved in Japan for 50 years?
The Austrian-American folk singer, union activist, and actor, is perhaps best known for playing Tevye the Dairyman more than 2,000 times
Adaptation of the 1970 musical to premiere Off-Broadway in October
Tradition, Tradition
He did it as a senior, and it was awesome.
Plus Russian Jews for Jesus in Brighton Beach, and more in the news
The Russian capital’s recent boom in kosher restaurants shows that kashrut isn’t just for Jews anymore
Celebrating the man who made Tevye sing
After 42 years, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ star Topol is still stuck in Anatevka
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