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Fiddler on the Roof
Members of the Jewish community gather outside the home of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg in Monsey, in New York on December 29, 2019, after a machete attack that took place the night before inside the rabbi's home during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. (Kena Betancur/AFP)
January 3, 2020, 6:57 pm
LISTEN: Community insider on why deadly attacks on US ultra-Orthodox keep coming
Episode# 17: Jewish Insider’s Jacob Kornbluh on how local governments can better fight anti-Semitism * Documentarian Max Lewkowicz pinpoints where hit show ‘Fiddler’ gets its magic
By Yaakov Schwartz
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton lectures on foreign policy at Rackham Auditorium on October 10, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP)
December 30, 2019, 10:11 pm
Hillary Clinton gets teary-eyed watching Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Former US secretary of state tells cast following show that she wants ‘everybody in the world to see this and to feel it and to relate’
By Emily Burack
Paramedics treat a woman and her dog moments after a rocket fired by Palestinians terrorists from Gaza hit a main free way between Ashdod and Tel Aviv near Ashdod Israel, Tuesday, November 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 15, 2019, 4:11 pm
Israelis mull if violence this week ‘worth it’ as life slowly returns to normal
Episode #11: Tol analysts Avi Issacharoff and Judah Ari Gross give update on Gaza flareup * Zalman Mlotek and Steven Skybell on why Yiddish version of ‘Fiddler’ is such a hit
By Yaakov Schwartz
Steven Skybell (Tevye), center, and ensemble in National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's Production of 'Fiddler on the Roof.' (Victor Nechay/ProperPix via JTA)
September 22, 2019, 11:21 pm
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish makes a match
Actors playing Hodl and Perchik in off-Broadway production announce engagement
By Marcy Oster
The inside of the Milwaukee Jewish Day School after its roof collapsed on August 23, 2019. (North Shore Fire Department)
August 25, 2019, 5:48 pm
Roof of Milwaukee Jewish school collapses, week before start date
It’s not clear what caused ceiling to give way; local reports say 2 staff members were in classroom, but fled when they heard creaking noises
By Marcy Oster
From left: Maria-Karnilova, Tanya Everett, Zero Mostel, Julia-Migenes and Joanna Merlin backstage at opening night of 'Fiddler on the Roof' at the Imperial Theater in New York City, September 22, 1964. (AP/Courtesy of Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films/via JTA)
August 22, 2019, 2:43 am
Fiddler’s miracle: How unlikely musical about Jewish tradition lit up Broadway
Though backed by three impresarios, the now iconic ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ was originally far from a sure thing. A new documentary traces the show’s grassroots international success
By Curt Schleier
Harold Prince holds his Tony award for best director in a musical for 'Show Boat,' at Broadway's Minskoff Theater in New York, June 4, 1995. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
July 31, 2019, 11:40 pm
Towering Jewish Broadway director and producer Hal Prince dead at 91
Legendary musical theater don worked on the first stage production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in the 60s before going on to define the genre as an icon of his generation
By Mark Kennedy
Zero Mostel as Tevye in a still from 'Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles.' (Courtesy Toronto Jewish Film Festival)
May 8, 2019, 4:39 pm
How ‘Fiddler’ surprised critics to become a top-billed musical for over 50 years
With documentary ‘Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles’ premiering Wednesday, filmmaker Max Lewkowicz investigates why Tevye, Golde, and Anatevka captured hearts the world over
By Rich Tenorio
A participant joins in a 'Fiddler' reading at the Royal Theater in West Los Angeles, part of the Laemmle chain. (Courtesy of Laemmle.com/via JTA)
December 21, 2018, 5:04 am
A new Jewish Christmas tradition: Watching ‘Fiddler’ at your local movie theater
Showbiz hosts, singalongs, trivia and a costume contest are part of the fun at Laemmle Theatres’ holidays showings, which have spawned copycats in Chicago and Seattle
By Tom Tugend
Jerome Robbins dancing in his living room in 1959. (Philippe Halsman/ Halsman Archive/ New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
December 18, 2018, 2:10 pm
Before ‘Fiddler,’ iconic ‘West Side Story’ choreographer lived as a closeted Jew
An exhibition at the New York Public Library highlights the loneliness that plagued star Jerome Robbins, the eternal outsider, bisexual son of Jewish immigrants
By Rich Tenorio
Screen capture from video of a man shouting 'Heil Hitler' during a performance of 'Fiddler on the Roof' at a theater in Baltimore. (YouTube)
November 18, 2018, 5:44 pm
Man who shouted ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ in Baltimore theater apologizes
Anthony M. Derlunas II admits he had been drinking, says sorry for ‘insensitive’ disruption of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ performance
By JTA
Steven Skybell (Tevye), center, and ensemble in National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” (Victor Nechay/ProperPix via JTA)
November 15, 2018, 11:24 pm
NY Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ show extended
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s off-Broadway production of musical to run at original venue through December and then reopen at new venue
By JTA
Still from the 1971 Norman Jewison film production of 'Fiddler on the Roof.' (United Artists/The Kobal Collection)
November 15, 2018, 5:05 pm
Man shouts ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ during Baltimore ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Performance’s intermission disrupted with pro-Nazi salute; audience member says he feared it would be followed by gunshots
By David McFadden
One of the iconic scenes in the revival of 'Fiddler on the Roof' (Courtesy 'Fiddler on the Roof')
August 28, 2018, 8:38 pm
Israeli actor to play Tevye in Broadway Fiddler revival
Stage and screen actor and singer Yehezkel Lazarov will bring his skills to the show as it travels around the US
By Jessica Steinberg
Steven Skybell, center, as Tevye and ensemble in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” (Victor Nechay/ProperPix via JTA)
July 23, 2018, 11:54 pm
How the cast of ‘Fiddler’ learned their Yiddish in only a month
From changing ‘Tradition’ to ‘Torah’ and singing ‘If I were a Rothschild,’ the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene gives a new twist to the classic musical
By Josefin Dolsten
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