Fiddler on the Roof

I heard on NPR earlier this evening that the composer of "Fiddler on the Roof" died.
One of my favorite musicals ever.

The blessing for the tsar is one funny, and poignant joke. An intense subtext of sadness throughout all the humor. And just wonderful tunes.
Perhaps I was all the more attracted to this musical because of my background--music as a serious family hobby and the Indian movies pretty much as musicals too, and the brahmin background so much similar to the Jewish traditions ...
So, hey, thank you Mr. Jerry Bock

Without our traditions ....

... our lives will be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof ...

mazel tov!