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Asch, Sholem

Asch, Sholem, ash, SHAW luhm (1880-1957), a Polish-born author, was the first person to achieve international recognition writing in Yiddish. Asch's heroes search for faith and yearn for an ideal. A major theme of his works is that the individual, no matter how sinful, strives for holiness. More »

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Asch, Sholem

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Yiddish literature

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