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Sholem Asch


Born
in Kutno, congress Poland, Russian empire
November 01, 1880

Died
July 10, 1957


Polish-American writer Sholem Asch (also written Shalom Ash, Yiddish: שלום אַש, Polish: Szalom Asz) sought to reconcile Judaism and Christianity in his controversial novels, such as The Nazarene (1939).

Sholem Asch composed dramas and essays in the language.

Frajda Malka bore Asch and nine other children to Moszek Asz, a cattle-dealer and innkeeper. Asch received tradition and as a young man followed, obtained a more liberal education at Włocławek, and supported with letters for the illiterate townspeople. He moved to Warsaw and met and married Mathilde Shapiro, the daughter of Menahem Mendel Shapiro. The Haskalah or Hebrew enlightenment initially influenced Asch, but Isaac Leib Peretz convinced him to switch.

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The Nazarene

4.15 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1939 — 46 editions
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The God of Vengeance

3.90 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1907 — 76 editions
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The Apostle

4.18 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1939 — 37 editions
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Mary

4.05 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1949 — 24 editions
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East River

3.99 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1946 — 22 editions
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Mottke, the Thief

4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1916 — 42 editions
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Kiddush Ha-Shem: An Epic of...

3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1919 — 19 editions
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3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1929 — 9 editions
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Three Cities

4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1931 — 13 editions
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“Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.”
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“Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.”
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