“Sholem Aleichem”
Interview
"I'd like to think that it's all my canvas" - an interview with Alex Weiser
Jennifer Rhodes
Drawing from a kaleidoscopic range of sources in his work, Weiser engages in vibrant dialogue with voices from the past while building innovative sonic worlds for contemporary audiences.
Jan 13, 2025
Article
Der Alter Tevye Lebt!: Speech and Communication
Ruth R. Wisse
Sholem Aleichem and Tevye depend on one another—for Wisse, their conversations form a miniature Jewish territory where together they reassert moral control.
Jun 23, 2020
Article
Nit dos dorf, nit di kretshme: Speaking About Jewish Taverns in the Works of Sholem Aleichem
Adi Mahalel
The tavern is a fixture of the shtetl universe—but it also exists on the margins, where, for Sholem Aleichem, you can also find the chaos of modernity.
Jun 23, 2020
Article
Sholem Aleichem's Stempenyu: Speaking through Song
Avraham Novershtern
Translation by Avi Steinhart
How does one write about romance in Yiddish? Sholem Aleichem’s 1888 novel Stempenyu poses this question through an examination of the gendered limitations on Jewish literary love.
Jun 23, 2020
Blog
Playlisticle: Yiddish Orality in an Age of Digital Reproduction
David G. Roskies
A playlisticle of Yiddish speech acts available in digital formats.
Jun 25, 2018
Pedagogy
לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: Teaching with Sholem Aleichem
Jessica Kirzane
Instructors share their thoughts on teaching with Sholem Aleichem.
Apr 03, 2018
Pedagogy
Teaching Guide for "Invitation to Participate: Teaching with Sholem Aleichem," by The Editors
Jessica Kirzane
Feb 27, 2018
Pedagogy
Invitation to Participate: Teaching with Sholem Aleichem
The Editors
Calling all teachers! Participate in our pedagogy poll.
Nov 06, 2017
Interview
Sholem Aleichem's Digital Turn
Madeleine Cohen and Dade Lemanski
An interview with Jeremy Dauber about the new website SholemAleichem.org
Jan 18, 2017
Review
Miriam Udel’s Never Better! The Modern Jewish Picaresque
Matthew Johnson
Miriam Udel's new book travels with the genre of the picaresque from the shtetl to the USA to the USSR and brings it into the twentieth century.
Oct 19, 2016
Blog
How to Pick the Jewish Resort Town for You
The Editors
Where will you sip mineral water among the Yiddish literary elite?
Apr 25, 2016
Texts & Translation
ביאַליקס גאָרטן: צו י. ח. ראַווניצקי און ח. נ. ביאַליק
Bialik's Garden: A letter from Sholem Aleichem to Ravnitski and Bialik
Sholem Aleichem
Translation by Daniel Kennedy
Turns out Sholem Aleichem was also a classic writer of fan mail.
Apr 03, 2016
Texts & Translation
ביאַליקס שיך
Bialik's Shoes
Sholem Aleichem
Translation by Daniel Kennedy
If Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik had left his slippers in your house, would you give them back? Read how Sholem Aleichem handled this problem.
Oct 20, 2015
Interview
Digital Futures: The Great Hope of Yiddish OCR
Saul Noam Zaritt
Refoyl Finkel talks to In geveb about making digitized Yiddish texts searchable.
Sep 06, 2015