Sholem Aleichem biography
- NAME: Sholem Aleichem
- OCCUPATION: Religious Leader, Author,Playwright
- BIRTH DATE: February 18, 1859
- DEATH DATE: May 13, 1916
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Pereyaslav, Russia
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York
- AKA: Sholem Yakov Rabinowtiz
- ORIGINALLY: Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich
Profile
Russian writer Sholem Aleichem was interested in writing from the time he was young. While serving as a government rabbi he published more than 40 widely translated volumes in Yiddish. English translations of his collected works include Jewish Childrenand The Old Country. Tevye the milkman was the subject of a volume of short stories that later was the basis for the musicalFiddler on the Roof.
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