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"You Must Not Call Him Mr. Aleichem": Sholem Rabinovitz' Pen Name
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Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, introduces her grandfather and explains his pen name.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Bel Kaufman.
This excerpt is in English.
Bel Kaufman was born in Berlin, Germany in 1911. Bel died in 2014.
This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.