Actress and teacher Joanna Merlin, original Tzeitel in Broadway’s ‘Fiddler,’ dies at 92 A grueling audition process earned her the role of the daughter who married Motel the tailor. By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 16, 2023 4:24 pm
Sheldon Harnick, the lyricist who made Jewish longing universal in ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ dies at 99 Sheldon Harnick’s paeans to Jewish tradition have become a songbook for the universal anguish of cultural loss. June 23, 2023 4:13 pm
Chaim Topol, Israeli actor who played Tevye in 1971 ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ film, dies at 87 Topol won the 1964 Golden Globe for best new actor for his performance in the Israeli film “Sallah Shabati.” March 9, 2023 8:58 am
On stage and in the classroom, Mikhl Yashinsky is stoking the flame of the Yiddish revival By Jon Kalish January 4, 2023 1:19 pm
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ returns in Yiddish — and feels more relevant than ever By Julia Gergely November 8, 2022 12:52 pm
Ideas Audiences loved ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish, but Yiddish itself still gets no love By Rokhl Kafrissen January 6, 2020 3:08 pm
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish makes a match between cast members By Marcy Oster September 22, 2019 3:41 pm
Harold Prince, who brought ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to the stage, dies at 91 By Marcy Oster August 1, 2019 1:04 pm
Russian Jews honor New York-born Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff By Cnaan Liphshiz December 21, 2018 6:56 am