Asch, Sholem (Name Also Spelled Shalom or Sholom)(1880–1957), Polish‐born novelist, came to the U.S. in 1914 and later lived in New York City and in London. His books are written in Yiddish or German, and among those which have been translated into English are
Uncle Moses, Chaim Lederer's Return, and
Judge Not, republished as
Three Novels (1938);
The Mother (1930, new translation 1937), the story of a Polish family in New York City;
Three Cities (1933), a realistic trilogy of 20th‐century Jewish life in Russia and Poland;
Salvation (1934), a novel of Polish Jews of the 19th century;
The War Goes On (1936), a plea for tolerance and humanity set in a story of Jews in postwar Germany;
East River (1946), a novel of Jewish life in New York at the opening of this century;
A Passage in the Night (1953), about a Jewish businessman discovering faith on approaching death; and a trilogy:
The Nazarene (1939), presenting Jesus as the last and greatest Jewish prophet;
The Apostle (1943), about St. Paul; and
Mary (1949), about the Virgin.
The Prophet (1955) is a novel about Isaiah. His many Yiddish plays include
Mottke the Vagabond (1917), new translation, and
Mottke the Thief (1935).
What I Believe (1941) is a testament of faith.
