Now that fiddler on the roof is having its revival on broadway to much critical acclaim jew in the city started by allison josephs decided to see what it would be like to show hasidic jews the classsic 1971 film starring chaim topol and norma crane.
Fiddler on the roof hasidic.
Here is daniel ahaviel an israeli hasidic violinist playing at new york s avery fisher hall.
Produced by jew in the city an organization whose mission is to dispel myths about orthodox jews and their beliefs through hip humorous videos this clip shows the reaction of four hasidic jewish men to the film version of fiddler on the roof.
Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison it is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film.
It follows the footsteps and portrays the lives of families in the orthodox jewish community back in shtetl russia.
In the american jewish imagination contemporary hasidic jews ultra orthodox followers of a movement begun in the late 18 th century are often.
Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905.
Traaaadition so here s what happened when orthodox website jew and the city screened the film to hasidim for the first time.
It gets especially good at around 4 00 and later at 8 00.
Fiddler on the roof is a classic movie all about family faith and most importantly tradition.
It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and.