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Fiddler on the Roof

Chaim Topol as Tevye in the 1971 film adaptation of "Fiddler on the Roof." (Photo/JTA-Silver Screen Collection-Getty Images)
Posted inFrom the Archives

10 years ago, Topol celebrated ‘Fiddler’ 50th in Silicon Valley

by Dan Pine March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

We are re-posting this interview with Chaim Topol, which first appeared in J. in 2013, on the occasion of his death March 8 at the age of 87. Few actors […]

Chaim Topol performs at the SeriousFun London Gala, Dec. 3, 2013. (Photo/JTA-David M. Benett-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Chaim Topol, Israeli actor who played Tevye in 1971 ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ film, dies at 87

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 9, 2023March 9, 2023
"Charlotte," an animated WWII film about a German Jewish painter voiced by Keira Knightley, will screen as part of the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival to feature stories of love, war and restitution

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi October 12, 2022October 20, 2022
(Illustration/Forward-Anya Ulinich)
Posted inTheater

Can an all-Mormon cast pull off ‘Fiddler on the Roof’? I went to Utah to find out.

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 12, 2022
Israeli actress Dana Ivgy as Rona, who leads a film workshop for Jewish and Arab women in "Cinema Sabaya."
Posted inCulture

WinterFest presents films on Joyce Carol Oates, “Fiddler on the Roof,” the Tree of Life attack and more

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 24, 2022February 24, 2022
Antisemitic flyers stuck to menorah
Posted inLetters

OU goes too far on Impossible Pork; No such thing as messianic ‘synagogue’; We all need ‘Fiddler’; etc.

by J. Readers November 9, 2021
(Illustration/Forward-Nikki Casey)
Posted inUncategorized

I went 26 years without watching ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ My first viewing was underwhelming — until it wasn’t

by Irene Katz Connelly and Forward November 4, 2021
Eli Wirtschafter with mother Diane (left) and father Josh (right) in "Another Seder on the Zoom." (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inMusic

‘Vaccinatiooooon!’ — East Bay family’s ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Covid parody gets a sequel

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 30, 2021March 30, 2021
(Graphic/JTA-illustration by Grace Yagel; photos by United Artists-Getty Images)
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We simply do not need another ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

by A.R. Vishny July 8, 2020
A police officer in the fictional haredi-run state in the Israeli TV series "Autonomies."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Fiddler’ returns to big screen; ‘Shtisel’ guys do alt-history; Daveed Diggs rides a train; Gal Gadot is Hedy Lamarr; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 8, 2020June 9, 2020

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