Sholem aleichem biography of mahatma gandhi

Jeremy Dauber, a professor of Yiddish literature at Columbia University and director of its Institute for Jewish and Israel Studies, has written a splendid biography of Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem.

“The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem:  The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of the Man Who Created Tevye” (Shocken Books, $, pages), is the 22nd in a Jewish Encounters series, a project devoted to the promotion of Jewish literature, culture and ideas.

Dauber has written what has been hailed as the first comprehensive biography of Sholem Aleichem in any language.

Sholem Aleichem (), a novelist, playwright, journalist, essayist and editor, was born in what today is central Ukraine.

He is considered one of the founding giants of modern Yiddish literature. He produced more than 40 volumes in Yiddish, becoming a central figure in Yiddish literature by  

For years, Yiddish was the vernacula