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Essay My Favorite Wandering Jews Stephanie Feldman is a graduate of Barnard College. Her debut novel, The Angel of Losses, will be published by Ecco on July 29th. She will be blogging here all week… Stephanie Feldman July 15, 2014
Interview Crypto-Jews and Autobiographical Animals: Part 3 of a 3‑Part Conversation This week father and son, neighbors in Brookline, Massachusetts and longtime collaborators, David Shrayer-Petrov and Maxim D. Shrayer discuss Dinner with Stalin… Maxim D. Shrayer July 10, 2014
Interview Interview: Howard Schwartz by Grace StansberyHoward Schwartz, three time winner of a National Jewish Book Award, has recently published his fifth volume of poetry, The Library of Dreams.“There… Grace Stansbery March 4, 2014
Essay Recalling Professor Dov Noy: World’s Foremost Jewish Folklorist by Howard SchwartzNo one would deny that Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem are colossal figures in the fields of Hasidism and Kabbalah. But not everyone realizes that… Howard Schwartz February 25, 2014
Nonfiction Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions Raphael Patai, founding ed.; Haya Bar-Itzak, ed.
Children’s The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales Shoshanna Boyd Gelfand; Amanda Hall, illus.; Debra Messing, narrator
Essay The Story Will Out: Why Folktales Still Matter by Sharon ElswitThroughout the ages, folklore has spoken to people. From pulpits and hearth fires and in classrooms, these stories forge a connection between the… Sharon Elswit June 6, 2013
Essay New Kids’ Cookbook Has a Story to Tell Posted by Miri Pomerantz-Dauber“A fun book for family sharing” is the description on the back cover of Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts (Crocodile Books USA, 2013), and, looking… Miri Pomerantz Dauber March 12, 2013
Cookbook Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook Retold by Jane Yolen; Heidi E.Y. Stemple, recipes; Sima Elizabeth Shefrin, illus.
Fiction King Solomon and the Golden fish: Tales From the Sephardic Tradition Matilda Koén-Sarano, ed.; Regineta Haboucha, trans. and annotator
Fiction The Lost Princess and Other Kabbalistic Tales of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov Rabbi Nachman; Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, trans.
Children’s The Wooden Sword: A Jewish Folktale from Afghanistan Ann Redisch Stampler; Carol Liddiment, illus.
Fiction Radiant Days, Haunted Nights: Great Tales From the Treasury of Yiddish Folk Literature Joachim Neugroschel, ed. and trans.
Children’s Solomon and the Ant: And Other Jewish Folktales Retold by Sheldon Oberman; Peninnah Schram, intro. and commentary
