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Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich ( Russian: Соломон Наумович Рабинович; March 2 [ O.S. February 18] 1859 – May 13, 1916), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem ( Yiddish and Hebrew: שלום עליכם, also spelled שאָלעם־אלייכעם in Soviet Yiddish, [ˈʃɔləm aˈlɛjxəm]; Russian and Ukrainian: Шо́лом-Але́йхем ), was a Yiddish author and playwright who...
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 was Sholem Rabinovitch’s tragic-comic persona, a character who mediated the tales of the people to the people. The name itself is significant. “Sholem Aleichem” is a Hebrew greeting, meaning literally “Peace be upon you,” but a more appropriate translation might be: “What’s up?”
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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 ...
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.
(Shalom Rabinovitz; 1859–1916), one of the founding fathers of modern Yiddish literature. 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.
Dec 4, 2013 · Born Sholem Rabinovich in the Ukraine in 1859, he took the name Sholem Aleichem—a Hebrew greeting meaning “peace be to you.” He survived cycles of wealth and poverty, tuberculosis, a pogrom and, ultimately, exile.
