Sholem Aleichem, Russian/Ukrainian
Author and Playwright (1859-1916)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich
  • Known as: Sholem Aleichem
  • Birth: March 2, 1859, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
  • Death: May 13, 1916, New York City, New York, USA
  • Language: Yiddish, English (?)
  • Who he was: Russian/Ukrainian author and playwright; stories of Tevye the Dairyman: Tevye's Daughter; Adventures of Mottel; The Old Country
  • Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

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