“Question: if you were not raised Jewish (in any way shape or form), did you see Fiddler on the Roof at any point in your life? School productions count. I’m trying to see something here,” @oliviamdh asked her Twitter followers on Sunday morning.

Question: if you were not raised Jewish (in any way shape or form), did you see Fiddler on the Roof at any point in your life? School productions count. I’m trying to see something here.

— Olivia (@oliviamdh) August 22, 2021

Only a few hours in and the post began to go viral. Olivia says she was trying to see if non-Jewish people were exposed to Fiddler in the same way Jewish people were.

It appears the answer was a pretty resounding yes.

My (Mormon) husband grew up without TV but they had videos. One of them was Fiddler on the Roof, which he loved. And now our four not-affiliated-with-any-religious-tradition children go around singing all the songs 😂 pic.twitter.com/jNJdVOSMbI

— Twila Newey (@motleybookshelf) August 22, 2021

Grew up in a very white, Christian, uneducated, rural town in the Northeast corner of CT. I literally had one Jewish classmate. (Side note, I ran to Boston and never looked back.) I sang many Fiddler songs in a band in said town. My husband and I saw & loved Fiddler on Broadway. pic.twitter.com/IX2CH893Sx

— Kersti (@Kerstigirl) August 23, 2021

The tweet elicited hundreds of replies, many are stories of non-Jews who have a unique connection to Fiddler on the Roof.

I went to Catholic school and we performed a medley of Fiddler on the Roof songs for a spring concert in 4th grade

Plot twist: I converted to Judaism as an adult

— Heather Bien (@hmbien) August 22, 2021

And the love of Fiddler isn’t just in the USA. One Twitter user said she grew up listening to it in Jamaica.

Listen!!! I’m Jamaican, no Jewish nothing and I know that soundtrack back to back

— D O (@idreamenpiano) August 23, 2021

Another in Botswana.

Yes! My mom loved all musicals so we grew yo with the video with us in Botswana ( a country in Southern Africa, which is in Africa) .. I recently watched it again as an adult and I was shocked i could still sing along.

— Tiyani (@TeyAni) August 23, 2021

Many people admitted in their responses that they didn’t even realize it was a “Jewish thing.”

Catholic upbringing here. I don’t know that we were exposed to it as anything other than a musical. It meant a lot more seeing it recently, but I was very familiar with the soundtrack as a kid but never thought of it “as the Jewish musical” or anything.

— Your CCPA “Do Not Sell” Link is not conspicuous (@tara_aaron) August 23, 2021

Some recognized Fiddler on the Roof from renditions you may have never heard of, like “Fiddla Please,” the “all black version of Fiddler on the Roof” from the show Community.

I saw Fiddla Please. The all black version of Fiddler on the Roof on Community. “It’s hard to be Jewish in Russia yo.”

— Veronika Swartz (@VeronikaSwartz) August 22, 2021

Here’s a clip from that rendition:

@jewishunpackedWe’ve all seen (at least some version) of Fiddler on the Roof, right? ||| ##FiddlerOnTheRoof ##Community ##DonaldGlover ##TroyBarnes ##jewishtv ##Jewish♬ original sound – Unpacked