Books written by Peninnah Schram

  • Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage: Folktales, Legends, and Letters
    Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage: Folktales, Legends, and Letters

    Jack Stern is a neurosurgeon trained at Columbia and on the clinical faculty of Weill Cornell. His book Ending Back Pain was just published. A DIAMOND EARRING AS A SIGN OF M'KTUBE Told to Emile Zafrany and Rebecca Schram Zafrany by ...

  • The Apple Tree's Discovery
    The Apple Tree's Discovery

    A little apple tree in a forest of oaks begs God for stars like those glimmering on the branches of the great oak trees beside her.

  • Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another
    Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another

    The life force animating these tales is almost tangible. The printed words seem to vibrate, as if the author possessed the voices of various tellers and lent their lilting tones and ripe inflections to the printed page.

  • Tales of Elijah the Prophet
    Tales of Elijah the Prophet

    There are thirteen parallels from Kurdistan-Persia and Iraq. AT 712 (magic healing power); AT 800—809 (journey to Heaven). Motifs: D2161 (magic healing power); F11 (journey to Heaven); F111 (journey to earthly Paradise); F9331 ...

  • Tales of Elijah the Prophet
    Tales of Elijah the Prophet

    ... Elijah stories in 1 Kings and in our collection are identical or similar , the main features of Elijah among us , in our time and space , in disguise , appearing unexpectedly and solving problems , rescuing Jewish individuals and ...