By Betsy Simonon April 14, 2017 I was a Judaic studies major in college and am only now realizing how little of what we learned had to do with the feminist perspective. This book by Ms. Huttner really tells us the history from the daughters and mothers perspectives. Boy are my eyes opened. How could I…

By Amazon Reviewer Ever since I saw the movie as a kid I have always been fascinated with everything to do with Fiddler. I loved learning about all of the "traditions " in the history of the story, Russian Jews, unexpected feminist role models and even the history of the painting that inspired the story.

ByAmazon Customeron April 7, 2017 Jan Lisa Huttner shares sixteen years of scholarly study, feminist revisionism, and personal story as she sheds light on the unknown —or ignored — facets of Fiddler on the Roof. The author writes into the future:to the Diamond Anniversary of 2039, 75 years after the Broadway debut. I thought that…