Highlights From Yiddish Fiddler On the Roof Off-Broadway

Highlights From Yiddish Fiddler On the Roof Off-Broadway













Comics have swagger. When they use humor to speak the truth, it gets through for the simple reason that people love to laugh.


The antisemitic fervor and hatred of Israel on the far right is both growing and not all that different from the progressive Democratic left.

His love of life comes with an existential question that floats throughout the play: Why is he still alive? Why did he dodge all those bullets?

We must defend our space in the public square and deepen our attachments in our private gatherings and lives. That is how we protect and deepen Jewish life in America.


At a time when the Jewish world can feel uncertain and strained, investing in new models of rabbinic formation is an act of hope.

Since Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack, many Jewish faculty at colleges and universities across the country have been describing their professional lives in language more commonly associated with trauma than academic disagreement.

Remaining politically homeless is not a defeat; it is a commitment to a truth that refuses to be simplified.

If we want to produce Jews who carry Torah in their bones, we need institutions willing to demand that commitment, and not institutions that blame technology for their own unwillingness to insist on rigor.

Herzl recognized nationalism as a powerful but neutral tool, capable of bringing out the best in us – or the beast in us.

I live in a nation of laws but the laws seem to change with the flick of a tweet.

Cindy Crawford, Wolf Blitzer and Chelsea Handler are among the celebrities who were photographed with survivors.

Honoring oneself, creating sacred boundaries, and cultivating self-worth allows a human being to better engage with the world.




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Jason Zengerle, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, and staff writer at the New Yorker wrote a new book about Carlson, “Hated By All The Right People: Tucker Carlson and The Unraveling of The Conservative Mind.”