The Play of the Week

The World of Sholom Aleichem

Directed by Don Richardson and Sholom Aleichem
S1 • E10    Dec 13, 1959    60m
Famed Yiddish storyteller Sholom Aleichem as he tells three tales: ""A Tale of Chelm,"" about a bookseller who tries to buy a goat in a town of fools; ""Bontche Schweig,"" a tale of a poor man whose heavenly arrival coaxes tears from the angels; and ""The High School,"" about a couple's attempts to send their son to a nonreligious school.

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Cast of The World of Sholom Aleichem

  • Charlotte Rae
  • Don RichardsonDirector
  • Sholom AleichemDirector
  • Y.L. PeretzWriter

 

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