Fiddler on the Roof

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.

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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.

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.”

New York

On stage and in the classroom, Mikhl Yashinsky is stoking the flame of the Yiddish revival

New York

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ returns in Yiddish — and feels more relevant than ever

Two men dancing on a movie set.

Culture

A movie about how ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ became a movie

Ideas

Audiences loved ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish, but Yiddish itself still gets no love

Culture

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish makes a match between cast members

Hal Prince

Obituaries

Harold Prince, who brought ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to the stage, dies at 91

Global

Russian Jews honor New York-born Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff

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