BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20151101T190000Z DTEND:20151101T204500Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Conversation: Reading Sholem Aleichem\, with Ruth Wisse and David Roskies DESCRIPTION:When Sholem Aleichem\, the greatest of all Yiddish writers (and the author of the stories that formed the basis for Fiddler on the Roof)\, died in 1916\, he left an unusual request in his will: he asked that family and friends gather together every year on his yortsayt\, the anniversary of his death\, to remember him by reading some of his happiest stories. As we approach the hundredth anniversary of his passing\, join two of the world's most engaging Yiddish scholars?Ruth Wisse\, recently retired from Harvard\, and David Roskies of Hebrew University and the Jewish Theological Seminary?as they retell\, discuss\, and debate their favorite Sholem Aleichem stories on stage. Wisse and Roskies are sister and brother\; they first heard Sholem Aleichem's stories at their parents' knee\, and their lively\, freewheeling conversation promises to be a highlight of Sholem Aleichem's centennial. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:When Sholem Aleichem\, the greatest of all Yiddish writers (and the author of the stories that formed the basis for Fiddler on the Roof)\, died in 1916\, he left an unusual request in his will: he asked that family and friends gather together every year on his yortsayt\, the anniversary of his death\, to remember him by reading some of his happiest stories. As we approach the hundredth anniversary of his passing\, join two of the world'\;s most engaging Yiddish scholars?Ruth Wisse\, recently retired from Harvard\, and David Roskies of Hebrew University and the Jewish Theological Seminary?as they retell\, discuss\, and debate their favorite Sholem Aleichem stories on stage. Wisse and Roskies are sister and brother\; they first heard Sholem Aleichem'\;s stories at their parents'\; knee\, and their lively\, freewheeling conversation promises to be a highlight of Sholem Aleichem'\;s centennial. LOCATION:Yiddish Book Center UID:e.1230.16666 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260410T180959Z URL:https://business.amherstarea.com/events/details/conversation-reading-sholem-aleichem-with-ruth-wisse-and-david-roskies-11-01-2015-16666 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR