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...Enam, the second tale, develops much the same theme. Gemulah, the wife of Gabriel Gamzu, has been transplanted from an ancient land to modern Israel, and begins to wither like a flower torn from the soil. When the moon is full, she speaks in a tongue long dead and sings songs of unearthly beauty-all of this recorded by an unreal, evanescent figure named Ginath...
...Fiddler on the Roof, who should rush backstage but the Premier himself. Said Eshkol after toasting the cast: "Nu, nu, it's not exactly Sholom Aleichem, but I have never enjoyed an evening in the theater so much in my life." Israel's most formidable critic, Chaim Gamzu-whose last name is now the idiom for "roast"-naturally complained that the musical "is sunk in cauldrons of schmaltz." So what else did he expect, bubbled Joe Stein, who wrote the Broadway book: "Schmaltz is not exactly a Japanese invention, you know...
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