Since the listserve seems to be looking at short stories lately, I have a
request for another one. Does anyone know of any short stories that have
to do with libraries? If it has to do with a Jewish library, that would be
even better. All I can think of is the lost book chapter from the All
If the book is as Phyllis Simon says, is there something more we can do as
a group to get Macmillan to reconsider its release?
Eileen Polk
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Zlateh the goat, and other stories, originally published in 1966 had Chelm
stories. This is many year after the 1930's
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From: Chana Adar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:20:51 -0400
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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Chelm question
I've already told you about the Database of
Award-winning Children's Literature
(http://www.dawcl.com) which has a
Ethnicity/Nationality of Protagonist or Tale for
which Jewish is an option.
Linda Silver has told us about the site she implemnted
- Jewish Values Finder -
Does anyone know of any short stories that have to do with libraries? If
it has to do with a Jewish library, that would be even better.
Well, I've written a science fiction short story about a rather unusual
library, and the science on which it is based is library science. (There's
a very
In the article on Chelm in Vol. 5 of the Encyclopedia Judaica, there is a
paragraph describing Chelm's place in Jewish folklore. It points out that
Chelm tales are noodlehead stories, found in the folklore of many
cultures. A Chelmer chacham is like one of the wisemen of Gotham in
English
To Whom It May Concern:
I have heard that the writings of Sarah Schneirer, founder of the Bais
Yaakov schools, have never been translated from Yiddish into English (with
the exception of her ethical will.) Any information you can send me on the
whereabouts or publication of her work would be
This year I completed and self-published a book about my grandmother,
entitled Tsiveh Gordin/Sylvia Berman, who was born and grew up in Rezekne
(Rezhitsa) and emigrated to the U.S. in 1911, to marry my grandfather,
Abraham (Buchmuz) Berman, who was also born in Rezekne. I researched this
book for
I'm just picking up this thread.
Some years ago, I wrote a paper entitled Wise Fools, the greatest part of
which was about the Chelm stories. Writing that paper, I learned, with
surprise, that Chelm is a real place, a town in Poland in the vicinity of
Lublin. . . .Chelm is considered to be one
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