Talk:Sholem Asch

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There had been a request in WP:TIE to translate material from the German-lanaguage article, but the English is actually more comprehensive: nothing to bring over. -- Jmabel | Talk 04:24, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yiddish name

I note that this is marked as lacking the Yiddish spelling of his name. Would that be "שלום אש" (which is the title of the Hebrew article?) Or would it be different in some way? - Jmabel | Talk 18:00, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lead section

I changed the date of birth from 1 January to 1 November, every other online resource I could find that included a date was in agreement on the November date. - vanhorn

I disagree strongly with the recent edit by Jack O'Lantern (talk · contribs). Asch is reduced from being "Jewish" to "of Jewish heritage", and mention of his being Jewish is removed from the first paragraph, while mention of him being a "Polish-born American" is retained.

I disagree strongly with this, and with the direction it suggests. When I think of a "Polish-born American", I do not think of a Jew, and I can't imagine too many authors more profoundly Jewish than Asch, who authored works in both Hebrew and Yiddish, and most of whose works are set in a Jewish milieu.

I have cross-posted at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Jewish culture. - Jmabel | Talk 17:42, 11 September 2006 (UTC)