Sholem Aleichem: Biography, Facts and Career
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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, was a Jewish author and playwright who wrote in Yiddish and lived in the Russian Empire and in the United States. 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.
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- Full name: Sholem Aleichem
- Born: 1859-03-02
- Nationality: United States
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q238090
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Who is Sholem Aleichem?
Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (Russian: Соломон Наумович Рабинович; March 2 [O.S.
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Sholem Aleichem was born on 1859-03-02.
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