Sholem Asch House — Attraction in Bat Yam

Sholem Asch, also written Shalom Ash, was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language who settled in the United States. Asch spent most of his last two years in Bat Yam near Tel Aviv, Israel, in a house that the mayor had invited him to build, but died in London at his desk writing. Due to his controversies, his funeral in London was small. His house in Bat Yam is now the Sholem Asch Museum and part of the MoBY-Museums of Bat Yam complex of three museums. The bulk of his library, containing rare Yiddish books and manuscripts, as well as the manuscripts of some of his own works, is held at Yale University. Although many of his works are no longer read today, his best works have proven to be standards of Jewish and Yiddish literature. His sons were Moszek Asz/Moses "Moe" Asch (2 December 1905, Warsaw – 19 October 1986, United States), the founder and head of Folkways Records, and Natan Asz/Nathan Asch (1902, Warsaw – 1964, United States), also a writer. His great-grandson, David Mazower, is a writer and a...

Very fascinating place. The author lived here for 2 years, but his spirit left an imprint on the house. Located on a quiet street between Balfour and the beach, it’s well preserved and contains the personal belongings of Sholem Asch, along with an impressive art collection. Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the...

Very interesting house museum of one of the most important Yiddish authors of XX century. He lived in this house for two years fröm 1950 till 1952 and left part of his art and Judaic collection to the city of Bat Yam that maintains museum...