FYI. Joel
>Book on Joha Stories in English: "Folktales of Joha, Jewish Trickster" >collected and edited by Matilda Koen-Sarano, translated by David Herman. >Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2003. > >Sepharadim have for generations enjoyed tales and jokes about Joha, the >folkloric character who may be at times a simpleton and at times clever >and wise. Joha also enters countless Ladino sayings or proverbs . (El >mazal de djoha; Ken metyo djoha en la suka? A djoha le disheron amokote, >se kito la nariz; and many more.) > >Until now the only collection of Joha tales has been in the bilingual >(Ladino and Hebrew) volume "Djoha Ke Dize?" (1991: Kona, Jerusalem) by >Matilda Koen-Sarano, the prolific Ladino writer, poet, teacher, and >folklorist. Now at last, such a book is available in English. The Jewish >Publication Society of Philadelphia has just published "Folktales of Joha, >Jewish Trickster," collected and edited by Matilda Koen-Sarano, translated >by David Herman. The stories and jokes are separated into 15 chapters >according to theme relatied to Joha in his social and religious >relationships: family, school, work, animals, his bride, his wife, God, >the king, the neighborhood, the law, food, death, etc. The informative >introduction by professor Tamar Alexander of Hebrew University, and dreamy >illustrations by Ezra Mach add to the enjoyment of this wonderful book. > >All English speakers, Sephardic or not, can now make these humurous and >instructive tales a part of their own tradition, and pass them on to their >children and grandchildren, as Sepharadim have done for centuries. > >The JPS list price is $30, but right now the book is available from >Amazon.com for $21. > >Rachel Amado Bortnick >Dallas, Texas Joel Bresler 250 E. Emerson Rd. Lexington, MA 02420 USA 781-862-4104 (Telephone & FAX) [EMAIL PROTECTED] =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
