Geras, Adèle.
Summary: As a young girl spends time at her grandmother's apartment, she is treated to traditional Jewish tales, including "Bavsi's Feast," "The Golden Shoes," "The Garden of Talking Flowers," and "A Phantom at the Wedding."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2089 GERPasternack, Sofiya
Summary: "As the daughter of a prominent judge of Khazaria, twelve-year-old Ziva is expected to focus on learning etiquette and decorum in hopes of finding a good husband. But she doesn't care about any of that. Instead, she spends her days with her twin brother, Pesah, as they work to try to find a cure for his leprosy. Now Pesah's getting worse. The best doctors have given him mere weeks to live, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PASRoth, Rita.
Summary: Presents a collection of thirteen Sephardic folk tales based on tales collected by the Israel Folktales Archives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jewish Publication Society 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ROTUnterman, Alan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.03 UnterStampler, Ann Redisch.
Summary: Impressed by a poor Jewish shoemaker's belief that God will ensure everything turns out as it should, a shah in Kabul, Afghanistan, devises a series of hardships to test the man's faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Co. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 STAJaffe, Nina.
Summary: In this Eastern European Jewish variant of the Cinderella story, the youngest daughter of a rabbi is sent away from home in disgrace, but thanks to the help of the prophet Elijah, marries the son of a renowned scholar and is reunited with her family. Includes words and music to a traditional Yiddish wedding song.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 JAFNethercott, GennaRose
Summary: "The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist--have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive a mysterious inheritance, the siblings are reunited--only to discover that their bequest isn't land or money, but something far stranger: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NETCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC NETZemach, Margot.
Summary: Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1976
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ZEMKimmel, Eric A.
Summary: Three moving tales illustrate the wonder of the Jewish High Holidays.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1991
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 KIMZemach, Margot
Summary: Incapable de supporter plus longtemps sa maison surpeuplée et bruyante, un pauvre homme s'adresse au rabbin pour obtenir des conseils.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Circonflexe 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 ZEM FRENCHWisniewski, David.
Summary: A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 WISCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 WISWeso, T. F. Pecore (Thomas F. Pecore)
Summary: "Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022