The film version of #FiddlerOnTheRoof was the first #musical I liked, partly because of it being grounded in gritty reality, but mostly because of #ChaimTopol's singing and humanistic portrayal of #Tevye, the kind of character I'd usually not like at all.

Like many other classics of the new #Hollywood of my childhood, Fiddler is foundational to my love of #cinema, and Chaim foundational to my appreciation of this film.

#AlavHaShalom ✡️