Fiddler on the Roof

Opinion

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

Without even knowing it, we’ve all absorbed a set of intensely negative beliefs about Yiddish, and one successful show hasn’t changed that.

By Rokhl Kafrissen January 6, 2020 3:08 pm

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

They’re kvelling Off-Broadway: The actors playing the young couple Hodl and Perchik are engaged!

September 22, 2019 3:41 pm

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

Prince, whose credits also include “West Side Story,” “Damn Yankees,” “The Phantom of the Opera,”” Cabaret,”” Company” and “Sweeney Todd,” received a record 21 Tony Awards.

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

Man who shouted ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ in crowded Baltimore theater apologizes for insensitivity

November 18, 2018 7:55 am

Man in balcony shouts ‘Heil Hitler’ during Baltimore performance of ‘Fiddler’

November 15, 2018 1:41 pm

This Austrian Jew Played ‘Fiddler’s’ Tevye 2000 Times

By Zachary Solomon

from Jewniverse

Warsaw Jewish theater locked out over real estate dispute

June 10, 2016 10:16 am

Brazilian ‘Fiddler’ director: Spitting on enemies is Orthodox Jewish practice

April 27, 2016 7:03 am

In real-life Anatevka, Ukraine’s Jewish refugees build a community

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 15, 2016 3:08 pm

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