Bel Kaufman
Bel Kaufman · Arts & Literature
Author of the bestselling novel Up the Down Staircase and granddaughter of Sholem Aleichem.
1911, Berlin, Germany — 2014, Manhattan, New York, United States
Germany · Russia/Ukraine · United States
Bel Kaufman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Author of the bestselling novel Up the Down Staircase and granddaughter of Sholem Aleichem.
Bel Kaufman was an American writer and teacher whose 1965 bestseller 'Up the Down Staircase', drawn from her years in New York City public schools, became a landmark novel about teaching. She was Jewish and the granddaughter of the great Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem; she spent her early childhood in Odessa before her family emigrated to the United States. She taught and lectured into her nineties.
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Author of the bestselling novel Up the Down Staircase and granddaughter of Sholem Aleichem.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
