Are efforts to keep Yiddish alive in New York and online behind comeback?
After the runaway success of NYTF’s unorthodox revival of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, this anomaly may have inspired a whirlwind of interest in Yiddish classes, theater and culture.
‘FIDDLER ON THE ROOF’ at the 70th annual Tony Awards in 2016. After the runaway success of NYTF’s unorthodox revival of ‘Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish,’ this anomaly may have inspired a whirlwind of interest in Yiddish classes, theater and culture that is having its moment during, of all things, a (photo credit: REUTERS)ByMARIA LISELLA