Folktales of the Jews, Volume 2: Tales from Eastern Europe
Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of the books in this series possible: Lloyd E. Cotsen; the Maurice Amado Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; and the National Foundation for Jewish Culture.\ \ The second volume in a literary landmark Folktales from Eastern Europe presents 71 tales from Ashkenazic culture in the most important collection of Jewish folktales ever published. It is the second volume in Folktales of the Jews, the five-volume series to...
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Second volume in this five-volume literary landmark presents 71 tales from Ashkenasic culture, each tale accompanied by indepth commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary background (with extensive scholarly notation). Volumes are monuments to a rich but vanishing oral tradition!
\ Jewish Book World"What a gift it is! There is no denying the scope, fluidity, and uniqueness of this collection. It brings us storytelling gems from a disappearing world and lovingly polishes them with discourse."—Jewish Book World\ \ \ \ \ World Jewish Digest"Folktales of the Jews is a cross-section of cultures, backgrounds, geographies and stories, with common threads but immeasurable differences, connecting to form an odd, unique and inimitable pastiche of Jewish life."—World Jewish Digest\ \ \ Jewish Herald-Voice"You will be taken by the poetry and rich cadences of the storytellers."—Jewish Herald-Voice\ \ \ \ \ Jewish Book World"What a gift it is! There is no denying the scope, fluidity, and uniqueness of this collection. It brings us storytelling gems from a disappearing world and lovingly polishes them with discourse."—Jewish Book World\ \ \ \ \ \ World Jewish Digest"Folktales of the Jews is a cross-section of cultures, backgrounds, geographies and stories, with common threads but immeasurable differences, connecting to form an odd, unique and inimitable pastiche of Jewish life."—World Jewish Digest\ \ \ \ \ \ Jewish Herald-Voice"You will be taken by the poetry and rich cadences of the storytellers."—Jewish Herald-Voice\ \ \
