1957 Death Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies at 77 1916 Death Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies 1880 Birthday Sholem Asch, Poland, Yiddish novelist/playwright, Three Cities 1859 Birthday Sholem Aleichem, Solomon Rabinowitz, author, Fiddler on the Roof
