Sholem Aleichem | |
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 Sholem Aleichem in 1907 | |
| Born | Solomon Rabinovich March 2 [O.S. February 18] 1859 Pereiaslav, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 13, 1916 (aged 57) New York City, U.S. |
| Pen name | Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish: שלום עליכם) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Yiddish |
| Genre | Novels, short stories, plays |
| Literary movement | Yiddish revival |
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Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (Russian: Соломон Наумович Рабинович; March 2 [O.S. February 18] 1859 – May 13, 1916), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish and Hebrew: שלום עליכם, also spelled שאָלעם־אלייכעם in Soviet Yiddish, [ˈʃɔləm aˈlɛjxəm]; Russian and Ukrainian: Шо́лом-Але́йхем), was a Yiddish author and playwright who lived in the Russian Empire and in the United States.[1] The 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on Aleichem's stories about Tevye the Dairyman, was the first commercially successful English-language stage production about Jewish life in Eastern Europe.
The Hebrew phrase שלום עליכם (shalom aleichem) literally means "[May] peace [be] upon you!", and is a greeting in traditional Hebrew and Yiddish.[2]
- ^ "Heroes – Trailblazers of the Jewish People". Beit Hatfutsot. Archived from the original on May 10, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ The Arabic cognate is السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ [ʔæs.sæˈlæːmu ʕæˈlæjkʊm] (As-salamu alaykum).