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This Austrian Jew Played ‘Fiddler’s’ Tevye 2000 Times

A couple months ago, the world lost a truly singular talent: a man of exceptional range and kindness, a real gutte neshuma (a good soul). That man was 91-year-old Theodore Bikel: actor, singer, activist, mensch. Born in 1924 in Vienna and named after the most famous Jewish Theodore (i.e, Herzl), Bikel and his family fled to […]

“Hamilton” Fans Have This Jewish Biographer To Thank

Before getting jealous that you have to wait till 2018 for your chance to see “Hamilton” while a fellow named Ron Chernow has seen the Tony-sweeping Broadway musical about 40 times, note that actually, we have him to thank for it. Back in 1998, Chernow wrote the Alexander Hamilton biography that this smash hit is […]

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This Austrian Jew Played ‘Fiddler’s’ Tevye 2000 Times

“Hamilton” Fans Have This Jewish Biographer To Thank

That time ‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda sang in Hebrew

Woody Allen’s sidekick shares all

From HBO to Arthur Miller, what a ‘tough guy’ actor learned from his Jewish grandma

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ — and behind the scenes

This Jewish biographer is behind Broadway’s hip-hop ‘Hamilton’

‘It Shoulda Been You’ has laughs, but little originality

Beloved N.Y. Jewish coffee shop to close

From the Archive: Fired from ‘Fiddler’

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