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The song — and the term ‘shiksa’ — is offensive to Jewish and non-Jewish women alike
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Theater Jason Alexander lives out a lifelong dream, playing Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
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The Tony Award-winning actor plays a plucky Jewish immigrant in a timely revival
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