Happy 163rd Birthday to Sholem Aleichem

Lubny was not spared during WWII:
https://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=199

A little over 10% of the town's population was Jewish, and they were all murdered by the Nazis. The town was later liberated by the Soviet Union.

Thanks for sharing this. I will add this interesting video as well- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=042hWBz3DYQ
Our daughter was recently at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Queens NY where Sholem Aleichem is buried. Happy 163rd Birthday!

With your penchant for history , I think you would find this interesting, to say the least . Here is a short clip , and the DVD is available on Amazon - https://youtu.be/lc0SjntyPrU As a professional musician , my first work was in the original run of " Fiddler " in the 1960's . AND , I almost forgot this , again ,a short clip - .https://youtu.be/YsAXHDowVaU Also available !

Thanks for sharing this information. PBS aired a wonderful program on the making of Fiddler, and references Sholem Aleichem's writings. I think Tevye is one of the most memorable and beloved characters from the Broadway stage.

Wow - great links: the 92 Street Y is a treasure that I should take advantage of more often,
and the Fiddler clips remind me of when it seemed like every school class was putting on a version of it or of Music Man all the time. Otherwise it was Inherit The Wind for the non-singers. Ha.

avi , I'm glad you liked the clips , but you really have to watch those Films , particularly " Miracle of Miracles " . Also , I think this would interest you - Arthur Szyk was a Polish Jewish illustrator who was active in the war years , his work was beautifully articulated , and biting in its social criticism . I became acquainted with his work several years ago in a retrospective at the NY Historical Society - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Szyk

@steven, his primary American collection is here in the Bay Area at the Magnes Museum and I've seen the recent exhibits at the Contemporary Jewish Museum and elsewhere in San Francisco as well
https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/04/03/gift-to-the-magnes-collection-of-jewish-art-and-life/

I am positively envious ! , The show we saw here in NY wasn't enough for us, but it was a good start . Thanks for the link , I will explore this in further detail .