Sholom Alham

Sholom Nokhumovich Rabinovich (Russian: Соломон Наумович) Рабинович, March 2, 1859 – May 13, 1916), known by his pseudonym Sholom Aleham (Yiddish: שלום ־עליכם, Russian and Ukrainian: Шолом-Алейхем, also known as Shalem Arakmu), is a Yiddish writer and playwright. He was born in Pereyaslav, Ukraine, and settled in the United States after 1906. His main works are the novels "Sjembeniu", "The Warbler-throated Iosere", the epistolary novel "Menahan Mandel", the novellas "Tavi the Milk Seller" and "Motul", and more than 300 short stories and drama works. His representative work is "Fiddler on the Roof". His pen name is a Jewish greeting, which means "peace be with you" and is a cognate word with the Arabic word "selan".