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Sharon Elswit Sharon Elswit, author of The Jewish Story Finder and a school librarian for forty years in NYC, now resides in San Francisco, where she participates in the adult poetry community and shares tales aloud in a local JCC preschool. Reviews Articles 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. Children’s The Old Country Mordicai Gerstein Children’s The Pirate Princess and Other Fairy Tales Neil Philip; Mark Weber, illus. Nonfiction Israeli Folk Narratives: Settlement, Immigration, Ethnicity Haya Bar-Itzhak 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 Children’s Jewish Stories Anita Ganeri, Rachel Phillips, Illustrator Fiction The Curse of Blessings: Sometimes the Right Story Can Change Your Life Mitchell Chefitz Children’s The Family Book of Midrash: Fifty-Two Jewish Stories From the Sages Barbara Diamond Goldin Jewish Text The Storybook Haggadah Seymour Rossel; Janet Zwebner, illus. Children’s One City, Two Brothers Chris Smith; Aurélia Fronty, illus. Poetry Sarah Laughed: Sonnets From Genesis Judith Goldhaber; Gerson Goldhaber, illus. Fiction The Bride Who Argued With God: Tales From the Treasury of Jewish Folklore Hava Ben-Zvi Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 4 Next page ›› 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
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
Children’s The Family Book of Midrash: Fifty-Two Jewish Stories From the Sages Barbara Diamond Goldin
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
