Sholem Aleichem Place (Manhattan)
Present name:E 33rd St
Location:Bounded by Park Ave and Madison Ave
Honoree: Sholem Aleichem, which literally means "peace be with you," was the pen name of Solomon Naumovich Rabinovitch (1859-1916). An author of stories, novels and plays, he was probably the most widely read writer in the Yiddish language. Among his numerous works are the Tevye stories, the basis of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof." A building on this block houses the offices of The Forward, founded in 1897 as a Yiddish-language newspaper and now publshed in both Yiddish and English editions.
LL:1996/31