Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness

The story

A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it.

Cast & crew

Rachel DratchShayne Sheyndl

Hillel Halkin

Hillel HalkinHimself

Jason KravitsMenachem Mendi

Dan Miron

Dan MironHimself

Peter RiegertTevye

Alan RosenbergNarrator

David Roskies

David RoskiesHimself

Ruth Wisse

Ruth WisseHerself