Non-Jews in Ukraine help mark Sholem Aleichem's anniversary

Jewish Telegraphic Agency | April 9, 2004| | Copyright

Matveyev, Vladimir
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
04-09-2004
PEREYASLAV-KHMELNITSKY, Ukraine, April 8 (JTA) -- Little in this sleepy
central Ukrainian town is reminiscent of the time when Sholem Aleichem was
born here 145 years ago.

Yet a tiny group of Jews who still call Pereyaslav home used this year's
anniversary to rekindle a spark of Yiddishkeit in the region, once heavily
populated by Jews whom the Yiddish writer depicted so colorfully in his
books.

The birthday of Sholem Aleichem, born Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, was
celebrated last month in this and a few other Ukrainian towns where he
lived ...

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