This is the Forward’s coverage of Fiddler on the Roof, the seminal 1964 Broadway musical about a Russian man who attempts to maintain his Jewish way of life circa 1905. It is based on Yiddish stories by Sholem Aleichem,…
Fiddler on the Roof
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Fast Forward Donald Trump reportedly expressed affection for ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Kennedy Center meeting
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Theater Jason Alexander lives out a lifelong dream, playing Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
'I wanted to do a piece that is proudly Semitic' said the Tony winner and ‘Seinfeld' star
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BINTEL BRIEF This father is fed up with his anti-Zionist kid — and they’re not even Jewish
Bintel says please don't be like Tevye, who sat shiva for his living daughter
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Film & TV How two Normans — Jewison and Lear — changed this Oscar-winning actress’ life
After spending 12 years on the blacklist, Lee Grant found her path back to the screen through collaborations with Jewison and Lear
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Film & TV How a self-proclaimed ‘goy’ named Norman Jewison made one of the most Jewish movies ever
Jewison, who died at 97, made ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ a big-screen phenomenon
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Fast Forward 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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Culture A peek behind the curtain at the Broadway debut of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
An illustrated look at the making of the most iconic Jewish musical in history
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Theater ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ lyricist Sheldon Harnick dies at 99
Harnick put words to Jewish life — past and present
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