First name Sholem
1. Sholem Aleichem (1859)
Writer
Jewish writer whose stories about Tevye the Dairyman inspired the musical, Fiddler on the Roof. His actual name was Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich; he was known throughout his career by his...
2. Sholem Asch (1880)
Polish-american Novelist Dramati
Polish-born Yiddish author who described Jewish life in the antisemitic Ukraine. He wrote Kiddush ha-Shem, one of the earliest books in modern Yiddish literature.