Tevye in the Promised Land
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Rating | : | 4.79 (652 Votes) |
Asin | : | B005PZNJFS |
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Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-04-02 |
Language | : | English |
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A literary joy!" --Reuven Ben Dov, book reviewer for The Jerusalem Post"I thought I knew everything there was to know about Tevye, but reading Tevye in the Promised Land, I kept turning page after page after page." Haim Topel, star of Fiddler on the Roof.. "In this sweeping historical adventure, Tevye's trials continue as he journeys with his daughters to the Holy Land to become a pioneer settler in Israel. A Jewish saga filled with inspiration and faith, a novel your whole family will never forget." --Baruch Gordon, Israel National News"This is an amazing story of the rebirth of the Jewish people in Israel, told through the eyes of Tevye the Milkman, now replanted in the Holy Land with his family,and recounted in the
Just then, as if the Almighty is pointing the way, the Anatevka mailman comes running with a letter from Tevye’s long-lost daughter, Hodel. Her communist husband, Perchik, has been exiled from Russia, and they are living in the Holy Land on a non-religious kibbutz!Clinging to the Bible and the tradition he loves, Tevye has to defend his daughters, not only against the modern lifestyle of the Zionist pioneers, but against malaria-infested swamps, deadly plagues, swarms of locusts, Turkish prisons, and Arab marauders. Tzvi Fishman’s stirring family saga of the continuing adventures of Sholom Aleichem’s beloved character, Tevye the Milkman, immortalized in “Fiddler in the Roof,” takes up where the original stories left off.At a crossroads at the outskirts of their Anatevka village, Tevye and his daughters meet up with a troupe of Zionists headed for Palestine. With steadfast determination and faith, Tevye perseveres through trials and hardships in rebuilding the Jewish homeland
Fiddler On The Roof's Tevye Moves From Russia to Israel - They've Got To Make This Into A Movie! Fiddler On The Roof's Tevye Moves From Russia to Israel -They've Got To Make This Into A Movie!The writer, Tzvi Fishman, has done a magnificent job of taking the characters we loved in Fiddler on the Roof and transporting them to The Holy Land. It's like experiencing the return of the dispersed Jews to Israel. Tevye and his daughters, sons-in-laws, and friends take us through what Jews from all over the world have exper. Fantastic Read!!!! VJB Rarely have I read a sequel that I have enjoyed as much as this one!! After watching Fiddler on the Roof numerous times over the years, I can just picture, as Mr Fishman has related, Tevye and his family as they continue on their journey and arrive in the Promised Land!! I can hear him speaking to his family and his horse. I can picture the daughters after they are married. I can see his joy in life, and feel sorrow for. Tevye in the Promised Land Patricia A. Morrill Anyone who enjoyed Fiddler on the Roof would find this an awesome expansion and continuance in the lives of Tevye and family! Although a novel, historically sound for the times that made the desert bloom in Israel! Beautifully written. I loved it!
Former Hollywood screenwriter, Tzvi Fishman, was awarded Israel's Ministry of Education prize for Creativity and Jewish Culture for his novel "Tevye in the Promised Land." Other original and off-beat novels on a wide range of Jewish themes include: "Dad," "The Discman and the Guru," "Fallen Angel" and "Heaven's Door."