(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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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It is too bad that Mark Twain did not stay around Boston long enough to again meet his Russian-Jewish counterpart, Sholom Aleichem. Sholom Aleichem was the greatest of Yiddish folk writers and there ...

“The greatest gift of the Jews to the Irish was corned beef and cabbage!” declared Pete Hamill, master of ceremonies at the March 17 celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sholom ...

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 ...

Her songs and soul always felt timeless, often joyful, her contributions to the liturgy are everpresent, and yet the fact of Debbie Friedman’s passing one year ago, January, remains painful and ...