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STORIES (Among Many) FOR PASSOVER

Compiled by Peninnah Schram

 

Hautzig, Esther. “The Magician” in The Seven Good Years and Other Stories of I. L. Peretz. (Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1984).

 

Jaffe, Nina. The Uninvited Guest and Other Jewish Holiday Tales.

Illustrated by Elivia Savadier. Scholastic, Inc., NY, 1993.

 

Kimmel, Eric A., ed. Wonders and Miracles: A Passover Companion. Illustrated. Scholastic, NY, 2004.

Labovitz, Annette and Eugene. Nine stories for Passover are included in Time for My Soul: A Treasury of Jewish Stories for Our Holy Days. (Jason Aronson, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 1987).

 

Musleah, Rahel. Why on This Night? A Passover Haggadah for

Family Celebration. Illustrated by Louise August. (Simon & Schuster

Books for Young Readers, New York, 2000).

 

Rush, Barbara and Cherie Karo Schwartz. The Kids' Catalog of

Passover: A Worldwide Celebration. (Jewish Publication Society

Philadelphia, PA, 2000).

 

Schram, Peninnah. “Kindness Rewarded” in Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another. (Jason Aronson, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 1987).

 

Schram, Peninnah. “Elijah the Prophet on the Seder Night” (and other  stories) in Tales of Elijah the Prophet. (Jason Aronson, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 1991).

 

Weinreich, Beatrice Silverman. “A Passover Tale” and “The Passover Elf Helps Great-Grandmother” in Yiddish Folktales. (Pantheon Books, NY, 1988).

 

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS ON JEWISH TRADITIONS

 

Cardin, Rabbi Nina Beth, The Tapestry of Jewish Time: A Spiritual Guide to Holidays and Life-Cycle Events. (Behrman House, Springfield, NJ, 2000).

Elswit, Sharon Barcan. The Jewish Story Finder: A Guide to 363 Tales Listing Subjects & Sources. (McFarland & Co., Jefferson, North Carolina, 2005).

 

Frankel, Ellen and Betsy Platkin Teutsch. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols. Includes glossary of traditional food on the Seder plate and other Jewish references. (Jason Aronson, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 1992).

 

Lowenstein, Steven M. The Jewish Cultural Tapestry: International Jewish Folk Traditions. (Oxford University Press, NY, 2000).

 

Telushkin, Joseph. Jewish Wisdom. (William Morrow, NY, 1994).

 

Telushkin, Joseph. Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History. (William Morrow, NY, 1991).

 

Waskow, Arthur. Seasons of Our Joy. (Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1991).

 

Wolfson, Ron. The Art of Jewish Living: The Passover Seder. (The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs and The University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA, 1988).

 

Wolkstein, Diane. Treasures of the Heart: Holiday Stories that Reveal the Soul of Judaism. Shocken Books, NY, 2003).

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