‘An American Tail the Musical’ tells an immigration story
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN No question about it: A mouse is not a kosher animal. However, a question apart is whether ...
Tag: Fiddler on the Roof
Audiences loved ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish, but Yiddish itself still gets no love
By ROKHL KAFRISSEN NEW YORK (JTA) — Fidler afn Dakh, the Yiddish adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof, closed on ...
In Ukraine, aid for needy Jews comes with a catch
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ ODESSA, Ukraine (JTA) — Alina Feoktistova always knew she was Jewish, but the first time she sought ...
Artist and activist Theodore Bikel dies
Bikel was best known as Tevye in the Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof By JTA Staff (JTA) — ...
Shtetls in a new light
The Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe, by Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Princeton, 431 pages, $29.95 ...
'Fiddler' is back at Chanhassen by popular demand
Beloved musical's run has been extended through Feb. 22 By JOEL RIPPEL Since first appearing on Broadway in 1964, Fiddler ...
'Sholem Aleichem' filmmaker flourishes on ideas
Director Joseph Dorman wants to show the real Yiddish writer, who has been hidden ‘for years and years and years’ ...
'Nem Mikh mit Tsu Der Ball Geym'
The St. Paul Saints hosted the first annual Jewish Community Day at Midway Stadium on Sunday. Several hundred Jews of ...
Today’s sermon asks, What is ‘A Serious Man’?
The new film from St. Louis Park natives Joel and Ethan Coen explores life’s most fundamental questions (Editor’s Note: This ...
