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Monday, March 30, 2015
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Monday, March 30, 2015
Topol to receive Israel Prize
Israeli theater and film actor Chaim Topol is to receive the Israel Prize for his life’s work, it was announced today.
The selection committee remarked that Topol’s activity made a mark on the foundations of stage performance and that his influence is felt, to this day, in Israeli entertainment, music and cultural life.
Topol rose to fame in the star role in Fiddler on the Roof, a musical about Jewish life in Russia in the 19th century, adapted from a play and filmed in 1971. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the role.
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