“…the fifth generation of American Jews…is so far removed from the world of ‘Fiddler’ as to inhabit a different universe”

Our society has changed so dramatically in the last century, including in attitudes toward marriage and sexuality, that the fifth generation of American Jews, including my own kids, is so far removed from the world of “Fiddler” as to inhabit a different universe. Is it any wonder that “Fiddler,” as it settles into middle age, is losing its edge?

Ted Merwin, “‘Fiddler’ for Millenials”, The Jewish Week, (27 June 2014), 70.