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TCM tonight, 2/28

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10:15 PM | On Golden Pond (1981)
An old curmudgeon, with his wife's support, reconciles with his daughter.
Dir: Mark Rydell | Cast: Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda

12:15 AM | Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
A Jewish milkman marries off his daughters as the Russian revolution looms.
Dir: Norman Jewison | Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey

((Fiddler on the Roof is based on the stories of Sholem Aleichem, whose real name was Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich. Aleichem based Anatevka on the town of Boyarka, which was near his birthplace in Ukraine.))

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TCM tonight, 2/28 (Original Post) elleng Feb 28 OP

Fiddler on the Roof is based on the stories of Sholem Aleichem, elleng Mar 1 #1

TRADITION! NOW! elleng Mar 1 #2

elleng

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1. Fiddler on the Roof is based on the stories of Sholem Aleichem,

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:13 AM

Mar 1

whose real name was Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich. Aleichem based Anatevka on the town of Boyarka, which was near his birthplace in Ukraine.

The village was established by Harav Moshe Reuven Azman, the chief rabbi of Ukraine and Kyiv. The village is located on the outskirts of Kyiv, near the village of Bilohorodka.

elleng

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2. TRADITION! NOW!

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Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:32 AM

Mar 1

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"Za zdaro-vye" is the Russian word for "cheers". It literally means "to your health."

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