BARBARA WOLF
PHOTOGRAPH: TREVOR SACHS
It is especially significant as it portrays many traditions that are specifically Jewish, but appeals also to a wider audience with its themes of young love, the defiance of parents, an ever-changing world, religious intolerance and sadly just as today, the dislocation of an entire population.
Tevye, the milkman, with his healthy sense of Jewish humour, is a symbol of us all who are “trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune without breaking his neck”. His journey, like ours, is filled with both joy and sorrow.
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