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'Fiddler’ in Yiddish? Sounds Crazy, Nu?

Jackie Hoffman, center, in a Yiddish production of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, in New York, July 6, 2018. A revival of the 1964 musical offers a kind of authenticity no other American “Fiddler” ever has: It’s in Yiddish. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)