The story "Stone Soup" is found in many cultures, including ours. I just did a quick peek at Amazon and found many versions. The book Sheryl is talking about is "Could Anything Be Worse?" I know of two Jewish versions of it, the other called "It Could Always Be Worse," I think. I'm sure this has a generic version as well. Go for it, Eileen!
Cheers, Lois L OIS RUBY www.loisruby.com Author of ... Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free The Secret of Laurel Oaks Rebel Spirits and The Doll Graveyard (now in Scholastic Book Fairs!) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER #LoisRubyWriter ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sheryl Stahl" <sst...@huc.edu> > To: "Eileen Polk" <ep...@tbeonline.org>, hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu > Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 3:39:22 PM > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories > I know a story, but unfortunately I don’t remember the names. > There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house > was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his > cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way > too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, > etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger! > I’ve seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic > wise man. > Sheryl > Sheryl Stahl > Senior Associate Librarian > Frances-Henry Library > Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion > 3077 University Avenue > Los Angeles, CA 90007 > 213-765-2127 > sst...@huc.edu > www.huc.edu/research/libraries > From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc....@lists.osu.edu] On > Behalf Of Eileen Polk > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 PM > To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories > Hello Friends, > I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local > college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s > story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my > sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. > Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. > Thank you, > Eileen Polk, Librarian > Prentis Memorial Library > Temple Beth El > Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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