WATCH: The REAL History of Israel: Isranet, YouTube, May 26, 2021: Produced by Montreal’s Sochaczevsky family.
Sholem Aleichem: Spokesman for a People: Isaac Bashevis Singer, NY Times, Sept. 20, 1964
The Jewish Mark Twain: William Deresiewicz, Atlantic, January/February 2014
New Documentary Follows Leading Yiddish Writer’s Life in New York City: Joseph Berger, NY Times, July 24, 2011
The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem: Joshua Cohen, Harper’s, Oct. 17, 2013
For Further Reference
The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of Sholem Aleichem: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, YouTube, Mar. 12, 2014 — Novelist, playwright, journalist, essayist, and editor, Sholem Aleichem was one of the founding giants of modern Yiddish literature.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Sholem Aleichem: Notes from a Yiddish Writer’s Biographer: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, YouTube, Sept. 20, 2016 — The Annual Naomi Prawer Kadar Memorial Lecture Sholem Aleichem was the greatest Jewish writer of the modern era; his works spoke deeply and broadly to the Jews of his time – and of ours. Jeremy Dauber, professor of Yiddish at Columbia and the author of the first comprehensive biography of the writer, discusses Sholem Aleichem’s life, his work, and his legacy – and the struggle to encapsulate all of that between two hard covers.
Nehemiah Persoff Tells Stories of Sholom Aleichem: YouTube, July 7, 2015 — Stories of the great Yiddish humorist Sholom Aleichem.
Sholem Aleichem–the Zionist: JTA, Jan. 12, 1979 — “Why do Jews Need a Land?” (Oil voss darfen Yidden a land) is the name of a book containing articles by Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916) concerning Zionism, “Lovers of Zion” (Hibat Zion) and Eretz Israel. A reception held in honor of the publication of the 408-page book attracted hundreds of Yiddish writers, Zionist leaders headed by Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization Executive chairman Leon Dulzin, and many Sholem Aleichem readers.