Sholem Aleichem

noun

1. See Aleichem

Example Sentences

As a result, whole libraries filled with works of writers like Sholem Aleichem, I.L.

From New York Times

Around the corner is Sholem Aleichem College, a secular Jewish primary school named for the acclaimed Yiddish writer, where about 300 students learn in English, Hebrew and Yiddish.

From New York Times

As contemporary as "Fiddler" was, many of Harnick's most familiar lines were actually taken word-for-word from Sholem Aleichem's "Tevye, the Dairyman."

From Salon

“Chicken necks” is a festive and scrappy dish, having sustained Ashkenazi Jewish families for generations, even extolled by Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem in his 1902 short story “Geese.”

From Los Angeles Times

And “Fiddler’s Journey” does include some tasty, if typical tidbits: how the film was shot through nylon stockings stretched over the lens, for instance, to create its earth-toned palette; how the look of its shtetl setting, in the fictional village of Anatevka, based on the stories of writer Sholem Aleichem, was inspired by Roman Vishniac’s acclaimed photos of pre-World War II Jewish life in Eastern Europe; and how the film’s version of Tsarist Russia was all re-created in the town of Lekenik, in the former Yugoslavia, under Communist President Tito.

From Washington Post