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Fyvush Finkel, Robert Merrill, & Mayor Rudy Giuliani at Jewish Heritage Week Event in NYC Royalty Free Stock Photo

Fyvush Finkel and Rudy Giuliani Royalty Free Stock Photo

Fyvush Finkel and Robert Merrill Royalty Free Stock Photo

Fyvush Finkel at the Jewish Heritage Week Celebration in Manhattan in 1997 Royalty Free Stock Photo

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Fyvush Finkel, Robert Merrill, and Mayor Rudy Giuliani Celebrate Jewish Heritage Week in Manhattan in 1997 Royalty Free Stock Photo

Fyvush Finkel and Robert Merrill at Jewish Heritage Week in Manhattan on May 12, 1997 Royalty Free Stock Photo

Robert Merrill, Fyvush Finkel, & Mayor Rudy Giuliani Celebrate Jewish Heritage Week in Manhattan in 1997 Royalty Free Stock Photo

Stage, tv, and film actor Fyvush Finkel enjoys the festivities at Jewish Heritage Week celebration in Manhattan on May 12, 1997. Finkel was a star of the Yiddish theater for 35 years. He won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of eccentric Douglas Wambaugh in Picket Fences, in 1994. He also played the role of a crotchety history Harvey Lipshultz in Boston Public. Finkel appeared in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof, in 1964. Early in his career he was a stand-up comedian at the Catskills Borscht Belt circuit. The Brooklyn-born Finkel died at 93 on August 14, 2016.