Theodore Bikel and Sholem Aleichem

TVC 660.4: From December 2014: Emmy Award-winning, Tony Award-nominated, and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of Theodore

Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a documentary that combines Theo’s own storytelling with a broader exploration of Sholem Aleichem, a pioneer of modern Jewish literature whose stories about Teyve the Dairyman provided the basis for the Broadway play Fiddler on the Roof. Theodore Bikel died in July 2015, but calendar year 2024 marks the centennial of his birth. To learn more about the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project, go to AimeeGinsburgBikel.com/legacy-project

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