A Glimpse into the Life of Sholem Asch

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Browse through photos from the family albums to glimpse into the life of Sholem Asch. The photos are generously provided by Asch's great-grandson, David Mazower. To learn more about Asch, see excerpts from David Mazower's oral history interview here: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/david-mazower

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Sholem Asch and his wife Matilda (Madzhe), 21 October 1929.
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Approaching the height of his fame, this picture was taken shortly before his 50th birthday at the time when Asch was writing his trilogy 'Three Cities'.
Credits:
David Mazower and the Asch family albums
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Sholem Asch and his wife Matilda (Madzhe) on the beach in the south of France, c 1932.
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This photo was taken around the time when Asch moved from the Paris suburbs to live in the hills outside Nice
Credits:
David Mazower and the Asch family albums
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Asch with his eldest son Nathan in Paris circa 1930.
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Asch is photographed with his eldest son Nathan, whose novels enjoyed a brief vogue in the 1930s, and who wrote an embittered memoir about his father in Commentary magazine after Asch's death. The photograph was taken in Paris around 1930 by Sh. Londynski (1889 - 1956), a Yiddish political activist, educator and writer who earned a living as a photographer in France in the 1920s and 30s.
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David Mazower and the Asch family albums
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Asch rowing on the lake at Camp Tamiment, Pennsylvania, circa 1940.
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Tamiment was a summer resort for socialists and their families near Bushkill, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken by one of the Camp's resident photographers, C Lewis "Snappy" Goren.
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David Mazower and the Asch family albums
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Asch proudly displaying his catch at Camp Tamiment, summer 1939.
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Asch loved the outdoors, and enjoyed walking, swimming and fishing.
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David Mazower and the Asch family albums
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Sholem and Matilda Asch on holiday with their daughter Ruth.
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Asch was a frequent visitor to Polish coastal resorts like Danzig and the nearby spa town of Sopot (Zoppot) where this photo was probably taken in the early 1920s.
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David Mazower and the Asch family albums
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Sholem Asch and his wife in the 1930s.
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This photograph was possibly taken in the grounds of their house near Nice, south of France.
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David Mazower and the Asch family albums
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On the beach, early 1950s.
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David Mazower and the Asch family albums
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Sholem Asch and his wife Madzhe with their children Ruth and John, in the garden of their home at Bellevue, near Paris, in the mid-1920s.
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John later worked in advertising and publishing in New York. Ruth settled in London after her marriage in the 1930s and worked for many years as the Honorary Curator of the collection of Czech Torah Scrolls at Westminster Synagogue.
Credits:
David Mazower and the Asch family albums
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Each year a festival honoring Sholem Asch takes place in his hometown, Kutno.
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This is a poster from the 2009 "Szaloma Asza" Festival in Kutno
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David Mazower and the Asch family albums
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Got fun Nekome (God of Vengeance) by Sh. Asch.
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1930s Buenos Aires theatre poster.
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From collection of the New York Public Library

April 28, 2011