Yiddish Art Theater's Maurice Schwartz adapted, directed and stars in this classic 1939 Yiddish melodrama shot in New Jersey, based on the Sholem Aleichem stories that would later inspire Fiddler on the Roof. Protagonist Tevye the Milkman struggles to uphold tradition in the face of social tumult, including the scandalous elopement of his daughter Chava with the gentile Fyedka. The dialogues alone will delight anyone with an affinity for Yiddish language and culture.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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