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Aleichem, Sholem

(Encyclopedia)Aleichem, Sholem sh´lm äl´khm [key] [Heb.,=Peace be upon you!], pseud. of Sholem Rabinowitzräbnô´vts, rbn´vts [key], 1859–1916, Yiddish author, b. Russia. One of the gre...

Blacher, Boris

(Encyclopedia)Blacher, Boris blä´khr [key], 1903–75, Estonian-German composer, b. Yingkou, China. Blacher lived for six years in Siberia. He studied in Berlin and in 1953 became the director of the West Berli...

Asch, Sholem

(Encyclopedia)Asch, Sholem or Shalom sh´lm sh, shä´lm [key], 1880–1957, Jewish novelist and playwright, b. Poland. He first came to the United States in 1909, was naturalized in 1920, and lived in vari...

Yiddish language

(Encyclopedia)Yiddish language yd´sh [key], a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages; German language). Although it is not ...

Mendele mocher sforim

(Encyclopedia)Mendele mocher sforim [Yid.,= Mendele the book peddler]mn´dl môkh´r sfô´rm [key], pseud. of Sholem Yakov Abramovichsh´lm yä´kôv bräm´vch [key], 1836–1917, Yiddish nove...

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