Sholom Aleichem

Based on stories by Sholom Aleichem that were adapted into a libretto by Stein, “Fiddler” dealt with the experience of Eastern European Orthodox Jews in the Russian village of Anatevka in the year 1905.

The Wit and Wisdom of Sholom Aleichem Musical inspired by the life and times of the Yiddish humorist.

Ms. Kaufman told Mr. Fisher that her great-great-grandfather was Sholom Aleichem, the Yiddish author, who wrote the stories “Fiddler on the Roof” is based upon, and he told her that his grandfather Milton Einbinder was the engineer who oversaw the centennial restoration of the Statue of Liberty.

Based on a group of short stories from the great Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem about a milkman named Tevye and his relationship with God, his wife and his family of marriageable daughters, it was a landmark in American musical theater because outsiders told their own story and made it the center of popular culture.

It was Harnick who got things started when he read another Sholom Aleichem work, “Wandering Stars,” and thought there might be a musical there.