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In a Bronx winter, Sholom Aleichem turned 57 on March 2, 1916, eroded by tuberculosis, his prostate, diabetes and a broken heart — his son Misha had recently died in Europe after being denied entry at ...

(JTA) — Move over, Tevye the dairyman. Make room for Moshkele the thief, the rough and tumble rogue hero from the wrong side of the shtetl in a newly rediscovered work of fiction by Sholom Aleichem.

To read an excerpt from a new translation of “Wandering Stars,” click here. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sholom Aleichem. To celebrate the occasion, a number of events have ...

BOSTON — 100 years after his death, Sholem Aleichem can still draw a crowd. Born in 1859 in Russia, Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, went on to become a prolific Yiddish writer and humorist, adopting the ...

The Santa Monica Playhouse was packed for the opening night of “Aleichem Sholom,” the fifth piece in a five-play cycle about the Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem. The play is based on his writings and ...

A century has passed since the death of Shalom Aleichem (Shalom Rabinowitz 1859-1916), the brilliant writer who brought the shtetl to life with warmth, wry love, realism and an insider's knowledge of ...

(JTA) Move over, Tevye the dairyman. Make room for Moshkele the thief, the rough and tumble rogue hero from the wrong side of the shtetl in a newly rediscovered work of fiction by Sholom Aleichem. The ...