# The Unknown Sholem Aleichem, Lecture by Dr. Mordechai Yoshkovsky > Haifa Events **Category:** lecture ## Description The Unknown Sholem Aleichem — Lecturer Dr. Mordechai Yushkovsky In honor of the 110th yahrzeit of Sholem Aleichem, we reveal lesser-known details from the life and work of the great classic writer — the most popular Jewish author in the world. We'll delight in his unique humorous style and his warm love for his people, in his language that finds an echo in every Jewish soul, and in the sadness wrapped in a smile. Lecturer Dr. Mordechai Yushkovsky — expert in Yiddish language and culture. Academic director of the International Center for Yiddish Culture in Vilnius. From the lecture series: In the Palace of the Yiddish Word. About the series: The series will shed light on lesser-known facts from the life and work of the great classic Sholem Aleichem on the occasion of his 110th yahrzeit, as well as the lives and works of three important poets of Soviet Yiddish poetry who marked their jubilee dates: Peretz Markish, Leib Kvitko, and Itzik Fefer. We'll get to know the dramatic life story of Esther Singer-Kreitman, the elder sister of Isaac Bashevis Singer and I. J. Singer, and discover her wonderful work. How do echoes of the past described in Yiddish literature resurface today? What dramatic facts are revealed from the "war of languages" and from humorous Yiddish periodicals of the last century? An open subscription for the lectures can be purchased by phone: 04-8227850 or on site. **Date:** 2026-11-24, 10:30 **Venue:** Aba Hushi House, Haifa **Address:** Aba Hillel Silver St., 71 **City:** Haifa **Price:** from 60 ₪ **Tickets:** https://www.haifa.muni.il/event/%d7%a9%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%a2%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%9b%d7%9d-%d7%94%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%99%d7%93%d7%95%d7%a2-%d7%9e%d7%a8%d7%a6%d7%94-%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%a8%d7%93%d7%9b%d7%99-%d7%99%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%a7/ **Image:** https://pub-0a891185c33b4c5a8db7ede117f7c8e7.r2.dev/haifa-events/haifa_municipality/e32ccb8037da226cc0d1197986dca8ff.jpeg --- **Canonical event page:** https://www.haifa.events/en/event/neizvestnyy-sholom-aleykhem-lektsiya-d-ra-mordekhaya-yoshkovskogo/ **Other languages:** https://www.haifa.events/he/event/neizvestnyy-sholom-aleykhem-lektsiya-d-ra-mordekhaya-yoshkovskogo/, https://www.haifa.events/ru/event/neizvestnyy-sholom-aleykhem-lektsiya-d-ra-mordekhaya-yoshkovskogo/ Haifa Events is an aggregator. Verify the date, price, and ticket availability on the official website before purchase.