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Marriage and exile at 15: Coming of age in a central Ohio JCC production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

JL;DR SUMMARY Eliya Smith reflects on her experience playing Tzeitel in a community theater production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' at 15, in central Ohio's Jewish Community Center. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Fiddler On The RoofJewish IdentityCultural HeritageComing Of AgeJewish Community CenterTzeitelCommunity TheaterCentral OhioTeenage ChallengesJewish Gentile Relations

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Central Ohio, Ohio, United States
"Caught Between Two Worlds: From the shtetl to the stage of a community center in Central Ohio."

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