# Sholem Aleichem

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Kerry Wallach, "Traces of a Jewish Artist: The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit" (Penn State UP, 2024)

Graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and cartoonist Rahel Szalit (1888-1942) was among the best-known Jewish women artists in Weimar Berlin. But after she was arrested by the French police and then murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz, she was all but lost to history, and most of her paintings ha ...

Theodore Bikel and Sholem Aleichem

TVC 660.4: From December 2014: Emmy Award-winning, Tony Award-nominated, and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a documentary that combines Theo's own storytelling with a broader exploration of Sholem Al ...

The Legacy of Theodore Bikel

TVC 660.5: From December 2014: Legendary actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a documentary that not only combines Theo's own storytelling with a broader exploration of author and playwright Sholem Aleichem, but in many ways serve ...

Fiddler on the Roof

Today, we’re staying put as we take a look at another musical depicting 20th-century Imperial Russia: the 1964 musical, Fiddler on the Roof! This musical, written by Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, and Joseph Stein, was adapted from Sholem Aleichem’s stories, Tevye and his Daughters. However, it wa ...

Benjamin Resnick on the Enduring Precariousness of Jewish Life

Benjamin Resnick’s debut novel, Next Stop,  is a work of speculative fiction that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life through the lens of one family. After a black hole consumes the State of Israel, similar strange events occur in cities around the world, ushering in a time of ch ...

Episode 010 - Sholem Aleichem

SHOW NOTES You may not know who Sholem Aleichem is. Or you may just assume he’s a fusty old Yiddish author. But if you’ve ever laughed at an episode of Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm, you should know about Sholem Aleichem. If you’ve ever enjoyed a movie by Mel Brooks or Woody Allen, you should ...