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   Sholem Aleichem's first venture into writing was an alphabetic glossary of the epithets used by his stepmother. At the age of fifteen, he composed a Jewish version of the novel Robinson Crusoe. He adopted the pseudonym Sholem Aleichem, a Yiddish variant of the Hebrew expression shalom aleichem, meaning "peace be with you" and typically used as ...

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Sholem-AleichemSholem Aleichem | Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye, Jewish Humor

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   May 9, 2024 · Sholem Aleichem (born February 18, 1859, Pereyaslav, Russia [now Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy, Ukraine]—died May 13, 1916, New York, New York, U.S.) was a popular author, a humorist noted for his many Yiddish stories of life in the shtetl. He is one of the preeminent classical writers of modern Yiddish literature.

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   Sholem Aleichem, the most beloved classical Yiddish writer, was born Sholem Rabinovitz in 1859 in Pereyaslav, Ukraine. His father — a merchant — was interested in the Russian Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), and the young Sholem was exposed to modern modes of thinking in addition to traditional Judaism.

5. sholemaleichem.orgSholem Aleichem - Home

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   Learn about the life and works of Sholem Aleichem, the most popular and iconic Jewish writer of his generation. Explore his novels, essays, plays, and the legacy of Fiddler on the Roof.

6. www.yiddishbookcenter.org › discover › yiddishAnnotated Guide to Sholem Aleichem | Yiddish Book Center

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   Learn about the life and works of Sholem Aleichem, the most beloved and influential Yiddish writer. Explore his publications, translations, oral histories, and more in this comprehensive guide.

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   Sholem Aleichem’s son-in-law, Yitsḥak Dov Berkowitz, compared his father-in-law at the time to a stoker in a locomotive throwing coals into burning furnaces, which were not to cool off for a minute, lest the train lose velocity and come to a grinding halt. Indeed, Sholem Aleichem’s creative train chugged through these years (1899–1905 ...

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   What is Sholem Aleichem?

   • At the age of fifteen, he composed a Jewish version of the novel Robinson Crusoe. He adopted the pseudonym Sholem Aleichem, a Yiddish variant of the Hebrew expression shalom aleichem, meaning "peace be with you" and typically used as a greeting. In 1876, after graduating from school in Pereiaslav, he began to work as a teacher.

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   What happened to Sholem Aleichem?

   • (YIVO) In 1890, Sholem Aleichem entered a literary limbo. He no longer had the time or the financial resources to maintain the same level of literary productivity as in the 1880s. Also, with the Folks-blat folded and no similar popular Yiddish organ in existence, he had no outlet for the publication of his Yiddish works.

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   Did Sholem Aleichem complete his autobiography?

   • Sholem Aleichem never completed his autobiography; but what we do have is a now-largely hidden treasure (which is, not entirely coincidentally, a leading motif in lots of his works, including this one). 8. “The Guest” A holiday story and a story about children – two of Sholem Aleichem’s specialties – wrapped in one.

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   When did Sholem Aleichem come out?

   • The appearance of the first volume of the almanac, Di yidishe folks-bibliotek (The Jewish People’s Library) in 1888 became a milestone in the history of modern Yiddish literature and put Sholem Aleichem at the center of its stage.

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9. sholemaleichem.org › worksSholem Aleichem - Works

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   Explore the best stories and essays by the Yiddish writer who created Tevye the Dairyman. Find out more about his life, legacy and influence with secondary works by scholars and translators.