Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Yidle-Diddle-Didle-Didle Man

Here's to Joseph Stein, who wrote the master-piece "Fiddler on the Roof."  He died at the age of 98 in NYC.  I saw Hershel Bernandi as Tevye with my family when I was just a short Jewish kid.  "Fiddler" takes place in Tsarist Russia, 1905, and has always felt like a tribute to my grandparents, who grew up during those turbulent times and later fled to America. 
Posted by Carol Starr Schneider at 8:12 AM

4 comments:

  1. I saw Herschel Bernardi as well, back when I was a short Jewish kid.

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  2. We also saw Harry Goz in a National Tour at the Ahmanson Theatre...

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  3. When I saw the movie with Topol, I came home and announced I was converting to Judaism. My mother, good Catholic that she is, said, "And how do you think you're going to get up on a Saturday morning? Sundays are hard enough!"

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