Fiddler on the Roof with a New Ending

by | Jun 21, 2018

Fiddler on the Roof with a New Ending

by | Jun 21, 2018

Tevye the dairyman is packing his family’s belongings because the tsar has just expelled the Jews from Anatevka. As he prepares to leave, a younger resident of the shtetl says, “Reb Tevye, look at the bright side. Beginning in about 50 years, our descendants will do the same thing to the people of Palestine. Won’t that be wonderful?”
Tevye smacks the kid in the face, sheds a tear, and heads for New York.

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman is the executive editor of The Libertarian Institute and a contributing editor at Antiwar.com. He is the former senior editor at the Cato Institute and Institute for Humane Studies; former editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education; and former vice president at the Future of Freedom Foundation. His latest books are Coming to Palestine and What Social Animals Owe to Each Other.

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