Posts Tagged ‘ fiddler ’

A Punk Fiddler

January 28, 2013
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matchmaker

“In our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is crazy.” In most productions of Fiddler on the Roof Tevye delivers these opening lines ponderously, reflectively—a bit, you could say, maudlinly. But the teenage cast members of a recent New Jersey production took a slightly different tack. Under…

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The Yiddish Godfather

July 5, 2011
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the yiddish godfather

Sholem Aleichem was one of the first authors to write in Yiddish–a language that’s been around for…

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Worf Is Jewish

March 17, 2011
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worf is jewish

Star Trek: The Next Generation was the second iteration of the iconic 1960s science-fiction TV show. It…

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God Save the President

February 21, 2011
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God Save the president

The townsfolk from Fiddler on the Roof  had a…

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Straight from the Ghetto

January 5, 2011
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straight from the ghetto

“A bird may love a fish, but where…

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The Bible in Stereo

October 14, 2010
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the bible in stereo

Samuel L. Jackson, the actor from Pulp Fiction and Snakes on…

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