By Betsy Simonon April 14, 2017 I was a Judaic studies major in college and am only now realizing how little of what we learned had to do with the feminist perspective. This book by Ms. Huttner really tells us the history from the daughters and mothers perspectives. Boy are my eyes opened. How could I…
Diamond Fiddler - Laden with Happiness and Tears
Welcome to the newest FF2 Media Site This book is for all the directors and dramaturges, all the cast members on stage and all the crew members behind the scenes, who will pool their talents to present new productions of Fiddler on the Roof from 2017 to 2039. As you gather in high schools, colleges, and community theaters…
Beyond Fiddler!
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By Amazon Reviewer Ever since I saw the movie as a kid I have always been fascinated with everything to do with Fiddler. I loved learning about all of the “traditions ” in the history of the story, Russian Jews, unexpected feminist role models and even the history of the painting that inspired the story.
Diamond Fiddler book is an eye-opening deep dive into Fiddler on the Roof!
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ByAmazon Customeron April 7, 2017 Jan Lisa Huttner shares sixteen years of scholarly study, feminist revisionism, and personal story as she sheds light on the unknown —or ignored — facets of Fiddler on the Roof. The author writes into the future:to the Diamond Anniversary of 2039, 75 years after the Broadway debut. I thought that…
Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem
Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a new documentary from the National Center for Jewish Film, is an intentionally personal story told by one of the most accomplished and politically-influential Jewish entertainers of the 20th Century. Director John Lollos combines scenes from Bikel’s acclaimed solo…
Yente/Yenta
3/14: Yente/Yenta TBE The March 14th lecture sponsored by the Temple Sisterhood featured an eye-opening discussion by Congregant Jan Lisa Huttner who presented an examination of the character Yente- the-Matchmaker, from the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Jan explored how the name Yente (or Yenta) has evolved from being a person’s name to a…
Bikel Screening
2/8: Bikel Screening “People ask me: ‘Where are your people from?’ And I say: ‘Bukovina.’ And they say: ‘Where is that?’ And I say: ‘Okay, used to be Russia. When my parents were born, it was Greater Austria. In 1919, it became Romania. In 1946, it became Russia again. And now it’s Ukraine.” And they…
The Muses of IBS
The Muses of IBS Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. He was the first Yiddish author to be honored with a Nobel Prize for Literature, and he is quite likely to be the last Yiddish author ever to be honored with a Nobel Prize for Literature. But let’s be honest: how…
Congregation Beth Emeth Dvar Torah
Congregation Beth Emeth D’var Torah Jan Lisa Huttner will do the Dvar Torah at Temple Beth Emeth in Flatbush, discussing the Daughters of Zelophehad as the precursors of Tevye’s daughters in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. The five Daughters of Zelophehad make their first appearance in this week’s Parsha “Pinchas” (Numbers Chapters 26 & 27). Join…
Congregation Beth Emeth Sisterhood Lecture
Congregation Beth Emeth Sisterhood Lecture Unlike most discussions of Fiddler on the Roof, this presentation will turn the spotlight on women—the female characters in Sholem Aleichem’s Tevye stories and the women in Solomon Rabinowitz’s personal life. Solomon Rabinowitz loved women—especially his wife Olga and their many daughters—and Huttner contends it was this love that enabled…