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Jewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Russian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and the United States (1859-1916)

Also known as: Scholem Alejchem, Alejchem, Schalom Alechem, Schalom Aleichem, Schalom Rabinowitsch, Scholem Alechem

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