Quote of the day
All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.
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