Fiddler on the Roof
Remembering Chaim Topol — and how ‘Fiddler’ reflected American Judaism
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 14, 2023
(RNS) — The inside story of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ reveals some deep truths about American Judaism.
Theodore Bikel, star of Broadway’s ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ dies at 91
By Lauren Markoe — July 21, 2015
(RNS) For countless theatergoers, Theodore Bikel was synonymous with Tevye, the loving Jewish father from “Fiddler on the Roof.”
In the grips of Jewish fundamentalism: New memoir sheds light on Hasidic community
By Jay Michaelson — March 17, 2015
(RNS) Jewish fundamentalists are often depicted as cuddly, harmless and quaint. But as Shulem Deen describes, in passage after passage, this is myth, not reality.
Why Netanyahu is such a polarizing figure for American Jews (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 4, 2015
(RNS) He is not a cringing figure out of a Hasidic tale. He is not Tevye the Milkman from Fiddler on the Roof. He is not Woody Allen. He is a Jew straight out of “Inglourious Basterds,” Quentin Tarantino’s fantasy counterhistory of World War II.
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