Sholem Aleichem 1859-1916

Fiddler on the roof by United Artists Corporation ( Visual )
48 editions published between 1971 and 2011 in English and Italian and held by 3,789 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This musical, based on the stories of Shalom Aleichem, takes place in pre-revolutionary Russia and centers on the life of Tevye (Topol), a milkman who is trying to keep his family's traditions in place while marrying off his three older daughters. Yet, times are changing and the daughters want to make their own matches, breaking free of many of the constricting customs required of them by Judaism. In the background of these events, Russia is on the brink of revolution and Jews are feeling increasingly unwelcome in their villages

Tevye the dairyman and the railroad stories by Sholem Aleichem ( Book )
139 editions published between 1900 and 2014 in 12 languages and held by 1,457 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tells the stories of a milkman and his daughters and a salesman's encounters with fellow Jews while riding the train

Fiddler on the roof by Jerry Bock ( Book )
41 editions published between 1964 and 2014 in English and Yiddish and held by 1,365 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep him strong when his existence is as precariously balanced as a fiddler on the roof

The letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl and, Motl, the cantor's son by Sholem Aleichem ( Book )
87 editions published between 1909 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 1,188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this Yiddish classic, a luftmentsh (innocent optimist) shlimazl from the shtetl of Kasrilevka tries to succeed in business (he should live so long) in the big-city world of Yehupetz (also known as Kiev). Told in the form of letters exchanged with his dear wife and modest helpmeet Sheine, with vitriolic postscript commentary from his shviger mother-in-law (feh!)

Tevye's daughters by Sholem Aleichem ( Book )
17 editions published between 1949 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 1,074 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Thirty short stories about the difficulties of a peasant who tries to marry off his children

Fiddler on the roof original Broadway cast by Jerry Bock ( Recording )
14 editions published between 1967 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,021 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep him strong when his existence is as precariously balanced as a fiddler on the roof

Hanukah money by Uri Shulevitz ( Book )
6 editions published between 1978 and 1991 in English and held by 868 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two young brothers wonder how much money they will receive from their relatives for Hanukkah

Old country tales by Sholem Aleichem ( Book )
3 editions published between 1966 and 1969 in English and held by 813 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When the chickens went on strike : a Rosh Hashanah tale by Erica Silverman ( Book )
3 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 802 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Jewish boy living in Russia learns a lesson from the village chickens at the time of Rosh ha-Shanah, the Jewish New Year

The bloody hoax by Sholem Aleichem ( Book )
3 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 717 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roman om jøder og kristne i det førrevolutionære Rusland