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Presents 71 tales from Ashkenazic culture in the most important collection of Jewish folktales. This title includes tales accompanied by commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary background and its similarity to other tales in the Israel Folktale Archives (IFA) collection, and extensive scholarly notes.

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"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
"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
"You will be taken by the poetry and rich cadences of the storytellers."—Jewish Herald-Voice

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      Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
      Publication Date: 01/05/2007
      ISBN13: 9780827608306, 978-0827608306
      ISBN10: 0827608306

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents 71 tales from Ashkenazic culture in the most important collection of Jewish folktales. This title includes tales accompanied by commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary background and its similarity to other tales in the Israel Folktale Archives (IFA) collection, and extensive scholarly notes.

      Trade Review
      "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
      "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
      "You will be taken by the poetry and rich cadences of the storytellers."—Jewish Herald-Voice

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