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“But the most memorable part of the trip happened back at the hotel bar, where Egyptian musicians were playing ‘Haveinu Shalom Aleichem’ and other Israeli songs of peace,” he said.

The band played “Shalom Aleichem” and then a klezmer song as congregants danced the hora.

Bess grew up in the Shalom Aleichem Cooperative Houses in the northwest Bronx, surrounded by artists, poets and novelists.

"Joe said it was too big and had too many characters but we dug out other pieces by the same author, Shalom Aleichem. We found a book of short stories called Teyve's Daughters: that's where Fiddler came from."

"Shalom aleichem," Imam Ali replied, repeating the same greeting - Peace be with you - in Hebrew, a brother Semitic language.