Scholem

Scholem is the Yiddish form of the Hebrew given name Shalom and a family name .

Origin and meaning

The name is related to the Hebrew word shalom ("peace").

First name

• Scholem Jankew Abramowitsch, pseudonym Mendele Moicher Sforim (1836–1917), founder of New Yiddish literature
• Scholem Asch, born Schalom Asch (1880–1957), Yiddish narrator

pseudonym

• Scholem Alejchem (1859–1916), important Yiddish writer

family name

• Emmy Scholem (1896–1970), KPD politician in the Weimar Republic, wife of Werner Scholem
• Gershom Scholem (1897–1982), Jewish writer and religious historian
• Werner Scholem (1895–1940), German politician, brother of Gershom Scholem