Tag: B. Cassel

  • Sholem Aleichem’s yortzayt

    Sholem Aleichem’s yortzayt

    We’re reaching the yortzayt of Sholem Aleichem (May 13, 1916); and I thought I’d show how translation became a sort of legacy in my family.  Below is a letter my grandfather received and passed down. I have the original.  Geneve, (Suisse) Rue Dancet, 1 1 July, 1907 Dear Friend Cassel, If the mountain doesn’t come…