Sholem Aleichem 1859-1916

Fiddler on the roof by Jerry Bock ( Visual )
36 editions published between 1971 and 2011 in English and Italian and held by 3,766 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A story of changing values, dying traditions, and oppression of a man and his people. A triumphant salute to a people's ability to adapt and survive

Fiddler on the roof original Broadway cast by Jerry Bock ( Recording )
26 editions published between 1964 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 2,013 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

Fiddler on the roof by Jerry Bock ( Book )
40 editions published between 1964 and 2010 in English and held by 1,346 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

Tevye's daughters by Sholem Aleichem ( Book )
14 editions published between 1949 and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,092 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Thirty short stories about the difficulties of a peasant who tries to marry off his children

Tevye the dairyman and the railroad stories by Sholem Aleichem ( Book )
10 editions published between 1987 and 2011 in English and held by 1,070 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

Hanukah money by Uri Shulevitz ( Book )
4 editions published between 1978 and 1991 in English and held by 892 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 )
4 editions published between 1966 and 1969 in English and held by 821 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 808 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Jewish boy living in Russia learns a lesson from the village chickens at the time of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year

The adventures of Menahem-Mendl by Sholem Aleichem ( Book )
5 editions published between 1969 and 1979 in English and held by 800 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!)

The bloody hoax by Sholem Aleichem ( Book )
3 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 737 WorldCat member libraries worldwide