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Mr. SEEGER: It was early in 1939, the father of Moe Asch, the famous novelist, Sholem Asch. He says Moe, I hear you bought a recording machine.
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In this period typical Yiddish plays (such those by Goldfaden, An-ski, Sholem Asch and Jacob Gordin) constituted a minority of the pieces staged by Kaminska — only fifteen out of fifty-two.
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The stories didn't seem remotely exotic, whether they were didactic folk parodies, as with one written by Sholem Aleichem; latter-day folk exegesis, as with one by Sholem Asch; or nearly impenetrable Kabbalistic allegory, as with several by Der Nister.
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I. Schwartz (1885 – 1971), and a play by Sholem Asch (1880 – 1957), enacting and elaborating a conflict between two deities — Moloch, primordial and blood-thirsty, and the Hebrew God.
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The playhouse became famous for producing plays by experimental and esoteric writers such as James Joyce and Sholem Asch. It also produced a number of plays that reflected the various ethnic backgrounds of people who lived in the area.
Irene Lewisohn. 2009
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Crowned “the Poetess of Jerusalem” by Sholem Asch (1880 – 1957), Rikudah Potash wrote in Yiddish about the landscape of her beloved city and its diverse ethnic communities.
Rikudah Potash. 2009
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Speaking of forgotten writers, did Sholem Asch ever get a Pulitzer.
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The sisters fondly recall one evening when Yiddish writer Sholem Asch paid a visit.
Chicago Reader 2010
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"Without a love of humankind there is no love of God," as Sholem Asch expressed it.
Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free 2009
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God of Vengeance, adapted from the classic Yiddish drama by Sholem Asch, was presented at PPF in 1999 and produced at ACT Theatre in Seattle and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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