World of Sholom Aleichem - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Sholom Aleichem composed comic, poignant tales of Jewish life in the ghettos of Eastern Europe. His story, "The High School," is dramatized in this two-hour offering, along with I. L. Peretz's fantasy, "Bontche Schweig," and the folk story...See moreSholom Aleichem composed comic, poignant tales of Jewish life in the ghettos of Eastern Europe. His story, "The High School," is dramatized in this two-hour offering, along with I. L. Peretz's fantasy, "Bontche Schweig," and the folk story, "A Tale of Chelm." Arnold Perl dramatized the stories; Sam Levene, as Mendele the Bookseller, introduces them. 1. "A Tale of Chelm." The wisest man in a town of fools buys a goat. Confusion ensues. 2. "Bontche Schweig" dies and goes to heaven. The angels wonder how to reward this patient soul, plagued by misfortune all his life. 3. "The High School." A Jewish mother fights to enroll her son in the regular town school.See less