Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Schwartz, Howard, 1945-

Title Next year in Jerusalem : 3000 years of Jewish stories / retold by Howard Schwartz ; illustrated by Neil Waldman.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 1996.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Children's Room  J296.4 SCH    Check Shelf
Description 56 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents The bird of happiness -- The mountain that moved -- The language of birds -- How the walls of the Temple were built -- The vampire demon -- The story of Serah, who lived longer than Methuselah -- The princess of light -- Challahs in the ark -- The miracle at King David's tomb -- Rabbi Nachman's chair -- Milk and honey.
Summary Jewish stories set in Jerusalem, adapted from the Talmud and Midrash, Hasidic sources, and oral tradition, with origins in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, and Greece.
Subject Jewish legends.
Legends -- Jerusalem.
Aggada -- Juvenile literature.
Hasidim -- Legends.
Jews -- Folklore.
Folklore.
Jerusalem -- Juvenile literature.
Jerusalem -- Folklore.
Added Author Waldman, Neil, illustrator.
ISBN 0670861103
-->
Add a Review