Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Sholem Aleichem
Born: March 2, 1859
Died: May 13, 1916 (aged 57)
Bio: Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a leading Yiddish author and playwright.
Known for:
- Tevye the Dairyman and The Railroad Stories (1894)
- The bloody hoax
- Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son
- Happy New Year! and Other Stories
- The adventures of Menahem-Mendl