Sholem Asch
Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sholem Asch , also written Shalom Ash, was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language who settled in the United States. Life and work Asch was born Szalom Asz in Kutno, Congress Poland to Moszek Asz , a cattle-dealer and innkeeper, and Frajda Malka, née Widawska . Frajda was Moszek's second wife; his first wife Rude Shmit died in 1873, leaving him with either six or seven children . Sholem was the fourth of the ten children that Moszek and Frajda Malka had together. Moszek would spend all week on the road and return home every Friday in time for the Sabbath. He was known to be a very charitable man who would dispense money to the poor.
