The World of Sholom Aleichem

by Maurice Samuel

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Canonical title: The World of Sholom Aleichem
People/Characters: Sholem Aleichem; S. Ansky

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Genres: Fiction and Literature, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 892.493 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages Afro-Asiatic literatures Jewish, Israeli, and Hebrew
LCC: PJ5129 .R2 .Z8 — Language and Literature Oriental languages and literatures Oriental philology and literature Hebrew Other languages used by Jews Yiddish

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