Sholem Aleichem
The youngest Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ cast member on making a new tradition
“We all reveled in the beauty, anticipation, frustration, excitement, and joy of learning the opening number with our entire cast.”
Famous Sholem Aleichem Statue Defaced With Swastikas In Ukraine
The vandalism is currently under investigation by Ukrainian police.
How Sholem Aleichem Became The Hottest Writer In New York
The genius of staging “Fiddler on the Roof” in Yiddish only serves to heighten the allure of the Folksbiene’s production
‘Tevye Served Raw’ Captures Sholem Aleichem’s Genius In Two Languages
Only a small number of writers possess, like Sholem Aleichem, the necessary breadth to create both hilarious and bitterly tragic moments.
All-Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ Captures How Jews Really Spoke To Each Other
This was not just a play where the characters spoke Yiddish to each other; it was steeped in Yiddishkeit, the traditional Jewish way of life.
WATCH: New Documentary Recounts The Search For Isaac Babel
The film “Finding Babel” portrays Andrei Malaev-Babel’s journey across the former USSR seeking traces of his grandfather, Isaac Babel.
The Fate Sholem Aleichem Brought on Himself
100 years after his death, Sholem Aleichem is still celebrated and studied. Ezra Glinter examines how the “writer of the people” endures.
My Long Journey From Anatevka to 'Fiddler' on Broadway
To prepare for his role in the Broadway revival of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ Adam Kantor journeyed to Eastern Europe to explore the world of Sholem Aleichem. His travels changed his perception of the musical — and the lost world that gave birth to it.
Sacvan Bercovitch, Acclaimed Scholar and Translator of Sholem Aleichem, Dies at 81
Montreal-born Sacvan Bercovitch was raised in a Yiddish-speaking household and went on to become on of our leading cultural historians and translators. Benjamin Ivry remembers the scholar and author of ‘American Jeremiad.’
The Greatest Yiddish Writer You Never Heard Of
Yiddish author Jacob Dinezon is not nearly as well known as Sholem Aleichem or I.L. Peretz, his longtime friend and colleague. A masterful new translation could help to change that.