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A fascinating portrait of the great Yiddish writer, Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916), whose stories became the basis of the musical Fiddler on the Roof. The documentary tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it.