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To: Prime Choice

Ah, just like in Fiddler on the Roof when the Rabbi is asked,

"Rabbi is there a blessing for the Czar?"

The Rabbi responds,

"Yes, may God bless and keep the Czar far away from us."


114 posted on 10/20/2004 4:42:11 PM PDT by ShandaLear (Vote Kerry! He knows what you've got and just who to give it to!)
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To: ShandaLear
Fiddler on the Roof. Great movie. Watched it again just last weekend.

Part of what I like about the movie (aside from the songs and the stories) is the dramatic irony -- we know what is likely to happen to the characters in the years after the movie. Havala moves to Krakow, site of a future notorious concentration camp. Not good for Havala. The middle daughter marries her communist boyfriend, though the communists probably killed their Jewish supporters (just speculating). At the least, they were forbidden to practice their religion. Tevia moves to America, Chicago, where he probably sets up a dairy company and becomes a rich man. God answers his prayers.

At least that's what I imagine as "the rest of the story" for Tevia.

168 posted on 10/20/2004 5:13:50 PM PDT by Blue Eyes (Operating behind enemy lines in Pajamastan.)
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