Sholem Aleichem

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1859 – 1916

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Who was Sholem Aleichem?

Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a leading Yiddish author and playwright from Ukraine. The musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on his stories about Tevye the Dairyman, was the first commercially successful English-language stage production about Jewish life in Eastern Europe.

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Born
Mar 2, 1859
Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi
Also known as
  • Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich
  • Sholom Aleichem
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
May 13, 1916
New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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