Old Country Tales Author:Sholom Aleichem This is a wonderful collection of short stories, most of them, set in mythical Jewish villages (shtetls) in Eastern Europe. These stories describe the lives of the Jews there: the rich man's son, the wealthy family, the Jew who tries to assimilate, the children in a religious school (the kheder), the lives of the poor. Especially, these stories ... more »are about the lives of the poor.« less