Russian and Ukrainian: Шо́лом-Але́йхем) (March 2 [O.S. February 18] 1859 – May 13, 1916), was a leading Yiddish author and playwright.
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.
The Hebrew phrase Shalom aleichem literally means "Peace be upon you", and is a greeting in traditional Hebrew and Yiddish.
Sholem Aleichem
Sholem Aleichem/Quotes
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.
Gossip is nature's telephone.
| Born | Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich March 2 [O.S. February 18] 1859 Pereyaslav, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
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| Died | May 13, 1916 (aged 57) New York City, United States |
| Pen name | Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish: שלום־עליכם) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Novels, short stories, plays |
| Literary movement | Yiddish revival |
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