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>From: Robert Waife <tangokid (at) hamptons(dot)com>
>Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 17:57:37 -0400
>Subject: Sholom Aleichem
>Sender: owner-amjhistory (at) shore(dot)net
>Reply-To: amjhistory (at) shore(dot)net
>
>> April 9, 1998
>> Announcing the Creation of
>> www.sholom-aleichem.org
>>
>>
>>
>>The family of Sholom Aleichem in conjunction with THE SHOLOM ALEICHEM
>>MEMORIAL FOUNDATION has created a web site dedicated to his life and
>>work.
>>
>>Sholom Aleichem, pen name for Solomon Rabinovitch, created a legacy for
>>all people,
>>Jewish and non-Jewish. Now through the means of the World Wide Web it is
>>possible to
>>reach out to a new generation of readers with the humor, pathos, and
>>spirit of the
>> World of SHOLOM ALEICHEM.
>>
>>What people are saying about Sholom Aleichem:
>>
>> "It is not too much to say that no aspect of modern Jewish history
>>escaped Sholom
>> Aleichem's grasp." Professor David G. Roskies, Jewish Theological
>>Seminary
>> "An author of tenderness and cleverness, what set him apart was his
>>astonishing grasp
>> of Jewish life in all its chiaroscuro, its bold relief and its
>>bas-relief."Thomas Bird
>> professor at the Department of Jewish Studies, Queens College, CUNY
>>
>> "-his humour--he is the greatest of Jewish humorists, and in the
>>world's front
>> rank--was that of a folk, not of an individual." Maurice Samuel,
>>"The World of
>> Sholom Aleichem.
>>
>>Resources that will be built include 1) Bibliography of his works in
>>English and other
>>translated languages. 2) Outreach to Jewish schools throughout the
>>world, enabling students
>>to communicate with each other about topics generated by their interest
>>in Sholom Aleichem.
>>3)Make available resources of Yiddish material to heighten its esteem in
>>the eyes of
>>educators and younger Jews. 4) Furnishing a curriculum of Sholom
>>Aleichem's work for
>>students and schools.
>>
>>
>>
>>To participate visit our web site. To support this project contact
>>Robert V. Waife, PO Box 411, Shelter Island, NY 11964 USA,
>>Telephone(516)749-0775 or e-mail: robert (at) sholom-aleichem(dot)org
>
>
>
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