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I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.

Sholom Aleichem

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Sholom Aleichem
Age: 57 †
Born: 1859
Born: March 5
Died: 1916
Died: May 13
Playwright
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Pereiaslavl
Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich
Sholem Aleychem
Sholom Aleykhem
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