Fino al momento in cui scrisse questo romanzo, Sholem Aleichem non aveva mai dedicato un'opera completa al sottoproletariato ebraico. Qui ci descrive la vita reale, mostrando che la società ebraica dello shtetl aveva, come la società russa nel suo insieme, i suoi reprobi e la sua malavita. Moshkele il ladro ha una trama avvincente, un'insolita storia d'amore e un ritratto superbo e acuto di un ebreo fuorilegge e del suo ambiente sociale. Vi vediamo uno spaccato della vita ebrai...

For the 150th anniversary of the birth of the "Jewish Mark Twain," a new translation of his most famous worksTevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son are the most celebrated characters in all of Jewish fiction. Tevye is the lovable, Bible-quoting father of seven daughters, a modern Job whose wisdom, humor, and resilience inspired the lead character in Fiddler on the Roof. And Motl is the spirited and mischievous nine-year-old boy who accompani...

Of all the characters in modern Jewish fiction, the most beloved is Tevye, the compassionate, irrepressible, Bible-quoting dairyman from Anatevka, who has been immortalized in the writings of Sholem Aleichem and in acclaimed and award-winning theatrical and film adaptations.And no Yiddish writer was more beloved than Tevye’s creator, Sholem Rabinovich (1859–1916), the “Jewish Mark Twain,” who wrote under the pen name of Sholem Aleichem. Beautifully translated by Hillel Halkin, here...

Tevye the Milkman, a uniquely charming Jewish novel from Tsarist rural Russia, provided the principal character for Fiddler on the Roof. Here we have the full story, with all its Jewish humour, wisdom and despair. The central character, Tevye the Milkman, goes around the community in the Russian countryside delivering milk and cheese, but also dispensing wisdom from the Talmud laced with his commonsense view of life. Funny, enriching but also moving, this remarkable little Jewish classic w...

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

מכל יצירותיו של שלום עליכם, מבכירי הסופרים היהודיים במאה ה-20, טביה החולב (´טביה דערמילכקער) היא היצירה המורכבת והאהובה ביותר. מחזור הסיפורים המופתי, שנכתב ביידיש בין שנת 1895 לשנת 1914, זכה למספר רב של תרגומים ועיבודים לתיאטרון ולקולנוע, והמחזמר המבוסס עליו, "כנר על הגג", הפך את טביה לאחד מסמליה הבלתי נשכחים של התרבות היהודית. עכשיו מוגשת יצירתו הקלאסית של שלום עליכם לקורא העברי בתרגום חדש ומזהיר של דן מירון, המבהיר מדוע טביה החולב קרוב אלינו יותר ממרבית היצירות היהודיות בנות הזמן. בלבושם...

Although written from a child's perspective, this is not a kids book but a series of funny, poignant, and sometimes disturbing stories about life in a late 19th-century Russian-Jewish village -- the world of my grandparents. Sholem Rabinovich was born in Pereiaslav, Ukraine and later immigrated to New York. His short stories about Tevye and his daughters were freely adapted into the musical FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Rabinovich's will contained the following injunction: "Let my name be recalled ...

Sholem Aleichem—that iconic, versatile Yiddish writer—explores Passover themes in these three short stories, newly translated into English:“An Early Passover” is a satiric tale of a Hasidic refugee from Eastern Europe who suddenly finds himself living among middle-class Reform Jews in 1908 Germany, and must find a way to earn a living there.“A Village Passover” explores the idyllic friendship between a little Jewish boy and a little Christian boy in the Ukrainian countrysid...

The first complete translation of an epic love story by the creator of Tevye in Fiddler on the RoofNext year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Yiddish humorist Sholem Aleichem as well as the 100th anniversary of the publication of Wandering Stars, his sprawling love story spanning ten years and two continents, and set in the colorful world of the Yiddish theater.In a Russian shtetl at the end of the nineteenth century, R...

Part of the Jewish Encounters seriesThe first comprehensive biography of one of the most beloved authors of all time: the creator of Tevye the Dairyman, the collection of stories that inspired Fiddler on the Roof.Novelist, playwright, journalist, essayist, and editor, Sholem Aleichem was one of the founding giants of modern Yiddish literature. The creator of a pantheon of characters who have been immortalized in books and plays, he provide...

Sholem Aleichem, whose 150th anniversary was commemorated in March 2009, remains one of the most popular Yiddish authors. But few people today are able to read the original. Since the 1910s, however, Sholem Aleichem's works have been known to a wider international audience through numerous translations, and through film and theatre adaptations, most famouslyFiddler on the Roof. This volume examines those translations published in Europe, with the aim of investigating how the specific Europ...

Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsF. Scott Fitzgerald, Oren Arnold, Sholem Aleichem, Ernest Hemingway:Two of this quartet are obviously giants of American literature; the other two had a substantial readership during their heyday. Of these latter two, Aleichem is moderately known beyond the sphere of those who read Yiddish due to the success of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof based on his w...