Product Description: Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage offers a treasury of tales that speak to the tenderness and passion, difficulties and blessings of love. Jewish tradition overflows with love stories from the Bible, Talmud, and Midrash. Folktales continue the tradition, and contemporary writers highlight the way their faith and love interweave and enrich each other...read more

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Product Description: A subject guide to hundreds of Jewish stories, this book's purpose is to help teachers, rabbis, librarians, folklorists, parents, and storytellers find the right story to match their need. It also will lead educators to a wealth of Jewish stories on universal themes for use in multicultural programs for all ages...read more

Product Description: The contest has begun! Three brothers travel to different countries to find the most unusual gift. Each gift holds special power. But which one is the best?

A collection of classic Jewish folktales which emphasize values and moral lessons, each with an introduction that places it in context with other Jewish teachings.

A treasure trove of forty-three religious, wisdom, riddle, and trickster Jewish folktales are retold with simplicity and grace, making them perfect for performing and reading aloud.

During the annual Purim play, Rebecca dresses as Vashti, the only person to do so, when she learns of the queen's importance to the story.

Product Description: Peninnah Schram, widely regarded as one of the great Jewish storytellers of our generation, has collected and retold sixty-four delightful Jewish folktales to create Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another. Ms. Schram, who believes that stories form 'the link between the generations,' helps forge that link with this book, ensuring that these stories will continue to live and breathe in the modern world...read more

Product Description: Stories from the Bible, the Talmud, Rabbinic Lore, and Jewish Tradition are included in this work. Each of the four books in the slipcase is fully illustrated. At the end of each of the 40 stories is a "Now Consider This" section designed to help the child and parent explore the moral message integrated into each tale...read more

A mysterious visitor rewards a poor family for showing him hospitality on the fifth night of Chanukah.

Ten traditional Jewish folktales, many of which are dramatizations or examinations of stories taken from the Torah, are retold, illustrated, and followed by questions for discussion. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The stories presented in Peninnah Schram's highly anticipated Stories within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition are drawn primarily from talmudic and midrashic sources, medieval texts, and the Israel Folktale Archives. Each enchanting story-within-a-story is part of the Jewish oral tradition and continues to enlighten, educate, and entertain audiences as have all of the author's previous works...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Elijah the Prophet is one of the most popular and beloved figures in all of Jewish literature. Both as a biblical prophet and a folklore hero, Elijah has fascinated Jews all over the world for centuries. He has served in many different roles, offering guidance on how to live Like a mensch, bringing hope, reconciling family members, rewarding goodness while punishing wickedness, rescuing Jewish communities and worthy individuals, seeing that justice prevails, and signaling the coming of the Messiah...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Tales of Elijah the Prophet is a brilliant and multicolored portrait of Elijah and his role in Jewish life and tradition throughout the ages. It unlocks the world of Elijah, inviting readers to delve into the centuries-old treasure chest of Jewish wisdom.

Product Description: Eight Tales for Eight Nights: Stories for Chanukah is a book created to inspire the sharing of stories between generations during this wondrous holiday time. Gifted storytellers Peninnah Schram and Steven M. Rosman have gathered, from every corner of the Jewish world, tales that reflect the customs and traditions of Jews as they have lived throughout the ages...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Berel and his family have never had their many relatives to their small cottage to celebrate holidays, but one year at Sukkos, Berel has a brilliant idea for making a large space to entertain.