"Yiddle with a Fiddle": Fascinating Film on Violinist Itzhak Perlman's Life and 50-Year Marriage

Curt Schleier : Mar 14, 2018
Timesofisrael.com

The film is full of unusual facts about Perlman's extraordinary life. For example, after contracting polio when he was just 4-years-old, part of his treatment involved inhaling the smoke of burning parchment on which religious sayings had been written.

(Israel)— [TimesofIsrael.com] Itzhak Perlman, arguably the most famous violinist in the world, has fielded plenty of questions in his 50-year career. But when asked if his religious heritage has affected his playing, he sounds stumped. (Photo: Itzhak Perlman, shown in a scene from the documentary 'Itzhak,' has endured hardships to become perhaps the most famous violinist in the world/Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment/via JTA)

"I'm a violinist. I'm Jewish, so that makes me a Jewish musician," he tells JTA on the phone recently from Singer Island, Florida, where he is to perform at a benefit. "I'm a musician who just happens to be Jewish. When I play klezmer... "

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