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The Show That Made the World Fall in Love With the Jews and Grow Nostalgic for Tevye

Published: Oct. 21, 2013, 4 a.m.

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It\\u2019s fairly common nowadays to hear renditions of \\u201cSunrise, Sunset,\\u201d for instance, or \\u201cThe Sabbath Prayer,\\u201d memorable melodies from the Fiddler on the Roof, at bar mitzvahs or weddings. Songs from that musical\\u2014whose story is inspired by the work of Sholem Aleichem\\u2014have become an indelible part of our popular cultural lexicon not just in the United States, but worldwide. Directed by Jerome Robbins and starring Zero Mostel, Fiddler debuted on Broadway in 1964 and quickly became a smash, resonating with Jewish audiences comfortable enough in their assimilated lives in America to be able to look fondly back at the shtetl their parents left behind. How the play got made and what its significance has been for peoples of all ethnicities and backgrounds is the subject of a new book by Columbia University professor Alisa Solomon.

Solomon joins Vox Tablet host Sara Ivry to discuss

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