Monday, August 22, 2011

Sholem Aleichem

There was a biography about a famous Jewish author on NPR today. I guess I knew about Fiddler on the roof but didnt know anything about the guy who wrote it

Sholem Aleichem was often referred to as the "Jewish Mark Twain" because of the two authors' similar writing styles and use of pen names. Both authors wrote for both adults and children, and lectured extensively in Europe and the United States. When Twain heard the writer called "the Jewish Mark Twain," he replied "please tell him that I am the American Sholem Aleichem.

Its seems he felt strongly that Capitalism was killing family life and Jewish culture..which explains why my father never tried to introduce me to his works.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This not going to get you anywhere.
You only read fantasies. You where never open to anyother books.
Sorry man, stop blaming others.
Stop talking about your parents.
It makes you look not favorable.

Quotes

At a certain stage the realization strikes through that one must either live outside of society's bonds or die of absolute boredom. There is no future or freedom in the circumscribed life and the only other life is complete rejection of the rules. There is no longer room for the soldier of fortune or the gentleman adventurer who can live both within and outside of society. Today it is all or nothing. To save my own sanity I chose the nothing.

-James Bolivar DiGriz