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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 ...
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.
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.
THE OFFICIAL SHOLEM ALEICHEM WEBSITE. Welcome to the first comprehensive website dedicated to Sholem Aleichem [1859-1916], the most popular and iconic Jewish writer of his generation. As you explore this site you’ll discover more about the remarkable life and equally remarkable afterlife of the man whose works have travelled continents ...
Discover Yiddish Literature. Sholem Aleichem [Shalom Rabinovitz] (1859–1916) was the most beloved of all Yiddish writers. Although there were popular Yiddish authors before him, Sholem Aleichem was instrumental in shaping what we now call Modern Yiddish Literature. He nourished the young literature as a publisher and editor.
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A supreme Jewish humorist, Sholem Aleichem tapped into the energies of the East European, spoken-Yiddish idiom and invented modern Jewish archetypes, myths, and fables of unequaled imaginative potency and universal appeal. Page from an original manuscript of Funem yarid (Back from the Fair), by Sholem Aleichem, 1915.
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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