However disagreeable the phenomenon may seem at moments of sensitivity it is seldom more than trivial. The dislike of Jews was a ready way for WASP literati to identify themselves with the great tradition. Besides, it is something like a hereditary option for non-Jews to exercise at a certain moment when they discover that they have a born right to decide whether they are for the Jews or against them. (Jews have no such right.)-Saul Bellow as quoted from the Jewish Literary Review
Tevye Reads the Psalms Shalom Alechiem (1914 - 1916)
The Plain Facts
- Length:6 pages
- Genre:Yiddish Old Country Tales
- Characters:Tevye speaks to Shalom Aleichem.
- Setting: a little village where Tevye lives.
So, what's It About Man?
Tevye reads the psalms and reflects on the state of the Jewish People. A people still in exile. Tevye is speaking to Shalom Aleichem, and Shalom Aleichem is writing down the words. I can envision a little imp like man, with a round belly, speaking in time with Fiddler on the Roof: If I were A Rich Man. This was the last Tevye story written.
